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"Lawrence Larsen and his wife Barbara Cottrell have written a
marvelous urban biography. They have done what other historians
often fail to do--relate local happenings to the larger regional
and national picture. And Larsen and Cottrell have skillfully used
sophisticated historical works and concepts, incorporating them in
an understandable fashion. Throughout this book the authors write
in a delightful manner; they make you want to visit Omaha!"--North
Dakota History. "[The authors] organize their splendid urban
biography around a limited number of events of national magnitude.
The husband-wife team take as their story's major units the
building of the transcontinental railroad, the penetration of the
Great Plains by homesteaders, the establishment of the meat packing
industry, and the creation of an elaborate national defense system.
They fill in their story with intriguing descriptions of the
push-and-pull factors that brought diverse ethnic groups to Omaha
in the years since 1854--the years when town promoters first
settled at the Missouri River ferry landing in the newly
established Nebraska territory. Because their narrative is so well
organized, their treatment of political, social, and cultural
affairs is clear and cohesive, while their discussion of urban
unrest, vice, and crime remains tightly linked to the general
outlines of their lively portrait of Omaha's history."--Business
History Review. Lawrence H. Larsen is a professor of history at the
University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the author of The Urban
South: A History (1990), Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The
Judges, the Cases, the Times (1994), and other books. Barbara J.
Cottrell is a historian with the National Archives-Central Plains
Region. Harl A. Dalstrom is a professor of history at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha.
From its birth as interdependent towns on the Missouri River
frontier to its emergence as a metropolis straddling two states,
Omaha-Council Bluffs has been one of the great urban construction
projects in the nation's history. "Upstream Metropolis" provides
the first comprehensive history of this unique urban region that
ranks 60th among the 370 major metropolitan areas in the United
States. Drawing on local newspapers and historical archives, the
authors deliver an anecdote-rich account of how and why a large
metropolitan area developed in this spot. They also explain why it
grew so big--and no bigger--but could never have remained two small
towns. "Upstream Metropolis" is an urban biography of the highest
order, tracing the lives of two cities, which though divided by a
river, the problems of a state line, and inevitable rivalry, have
always been inextricably linked. This discussion moves from the
freewheeling frontier days to the times of farming and railroads,
examining influences such as the populist movement, the meatpacking
industry, immigration, and ethnicity. The highly readable result is
a pioneering contribution to the history of urbanization in
America.
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