Bradford Luckingham is a professor of history at Arizona State University in Tempe.
The first comprehensive history of the Southwest's largest city. .
. . Encompassed in this study are the region's economic, political,
social, and cultural history—the full story from early boosterism,'
with its emphasis on economic and political power, through years of
frustration and triumphs, up to the present day's major problem of
reconciling growth with the good life." —Booklist
"Solid, straightforward narrative history. . . . The story is a
fascinating one, full of ironies and paradoxes—of incessant
boosterism and brutal exploitation, of political conservatism
masking an unbreakable dependence upon the federal government. . .
. Luckingham presents Phoenix's history with admirable balance and
comprehensiveness." —Journal of American History
"A splendid biography of the Southwest's largest city . . . An
important, scholarly, highly readable contribution to urban
history." —Choice
"Not only a much-needed contribution to the history of the American
West, but also a significant addition to the canon of urban
history." —Southwestern Historical Quarterly
The first comprehensive history of the Southwest's largest city. .
. . Encompassed in this study are the region's economic, political,
social, and cultural history-the full story from early boosterism,'
with its emphasis on economic and political power, through years of
frustration and triumphs, up to the present day's major problem of
reconciling growth with the good life." -Booklist
"Solid, straightforward narrative history. . . . The story is a
fascinating one, full of ironies and paradoxes-of incessant
boosterism and brutal exploitation, of political conservatism
masking an unbreakable dependence upon the federal government. . .
. Luckingham presents Phoenix's history with admirable balance and
comprehensiveness." -Journal of American History
"A splendid biography of the Southwest's largest city . . . An
important, scholarly, highly readable contribution to urban
history." -Choice
"Not only a much-needed contribution to the history of the American
West, but also a significant addition to the canon of urban
history." -Southwestern Historical Quarterly
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