Metropolitan Denver: Growth and Change in the Mile High City

by E Eric Boschmann, Andrew R Goetz, Andrew R. Goetz, et al.

Nestled between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the High Plains to the east, Denver, Colorado, is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level. Over the past ten years, it has also been one of the country's fastest-growing metropolitan areas. In Denver's early days, its geographic proximity to the mineral-rich mountains attracted miners, and gold and silver booms and busts played a large role...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812250451
• ISBN13: 9780812250459
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"