Portland in Three Centuries: The Place and the People

2. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-87071-207-4
Verlag: Oregon State University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

A compact and comprehensive history of Portland from first European contact to the twenty-first century, Portland in Three Centuries introduces the women and men who have shaped Oregon’s largest city. The expected politicians and business leaders appear, but Carl Abbott also highlights workers and immigrants, union members and dissenters, women at work and in the public realm, artists and filmmakers, activists, and other movers and shakers.  Incorporating social history and contemporary scholarship in his narrative, Abbott examines current metropolitan character and issues, giving close attention to historical background. He explores the context of opportunities and problems that have helped to shape the rich mosaic that is Portland.  This revised and updated second edition includes greater attention to Portland’s communities of color, an expanded prologue, and coverage of the 2020 protests that thrust Portland into the national spotlight.  A highly readable character study of a city, and enhanced by more than sixty historic and contemporary images, Portland in Three Centuries will appeal to readers interested in Portland, in Oregon, and in Pacific Northwest history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abbott, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Carl Abbott is a professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University.