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OverviewColorado Springs, Colorado, has long profited from Pikes Peak and built an urban infrastructure to sustain that relationship. In Profiting from the Peak, geographer John Harner surveys the events and socioeconomic conditions that formed the city, analyzing the built landscape to offer insight into the origins of its urban forms and spatial layout, focusing particularly on historic downtown architecture and public spaces. He examines the cultural values that have come to define the city, showing how military and other institutions, tourism, political and economic conditions, cultural movements, key individual actors, and administrative policies have created a singular urban personality. Capital accumulation has been a defining theme of Colorado Springs from its very beginning, with enormous profits generated from regional industrialization, railroads, land sales, water appropriation, and extraction of coal and gold. These conditions and its setting in the Rocky Mountain West formed a libertarian-oriented, limited governance philosophy. This persistent prioritization of liberty at the heart of Colorado Springs’s identity, specifically the freedom to conduct business and generate profits in a relatively unconstrained setting, has directed the urban sprawl of the built landscape and molded the region’s political culture. Profiting from the Peak will be of interest to historical and urban geographers, historians of Colorado and the American West, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the cultural identity of Colorado Springs. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John HarnerPublisher: University Press of Colorado Imprint: University Press of Colorado Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.466kg ISBN: 9781646423071ISBN 10: 1646423070 Pages: 338 Publication Date: 15 February 2022 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA significant contribution to historical geographies of American places, the conclusions add an important element to our understanding of real places, Colorado, American cities, and the American West. The book is excellent. --Rex J. Rowley, Illinois State University A nicely compiled and highly enjoyable history of the Colorado Springs region. --The Denver Westerns Roundup Author InformationJohn Harner is professor of geography at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He collaborated on a digital geo-humanities project with the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum that brings the city’s historical landscapes to the public (www.cspmstoryofus.com). He was a Fulbright scholar and visiting professor at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2005, and he received the University of Colorado Thomas Jefferson Award in 2018. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |