Theme Town: A Geography of Landscape and Community in Flagstaff, Arizona
This book changes the way we view our everyday human landscapes by taking us on a 22-stop adventure through the heart of Flagstaff, Arizona. In Flagstaff’s America Tour, the reader encounters four distinct though interacting landscape scenes: a themed historic business district, a pre-War multi-ethnic neighborhood, an expanding university campus, and a dynamic automobile commercial strip. Prior to the tour, Part 1 introduces us to the fascinating study of geography and the interpretation of huma
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Anonymous says:
Good Story (Especially If You Know Flagstaff),
The author is a local geography professor and has a keen interest in Flagstaff history. Theme Town hits the highlights of the town’s historic development and railroad culture.
The book is an easy read, and serves as a local history book, a geography text, and an brief overview to human settlement. While the intent to mix all three in one volume is noble, a professional editor may have tightened the book’s “jump-between-subjects” format.
It’s a great read for someone looking for an alternative history lesson of Flagstaff, but will make most sense to those who live there. It’s well worth the money for a Sunday afternoon read.
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