Product Description
by V. B. Price (Author), Kirk Gittings (Photographer)
This impassioned book, both a loving description and a critique, defines urban values in a milieu that is rarely recognized as a city. Updated more than ten years after its initial publication, it is more relevant than ever to Albuquerque's future. A new chapter describes Albuquerque's recent development, placing it in the context of urban growth in the West.
Front Jacket
Updated more than ten years after its initial publication, this impassioned book is more relevant than ever to Albuquerque's future. "Illuminating, provocative. . . . a complex, intelligent study of urbanization through an intimate examination of Albuquerque. . . . an insightful, absorbing book."--El Palacio
Back Jacket
Updated more than ten years after its initial publication, this impassioned book is more relevant than ever to Albuquerque's future. Illuminating, provocative. . . . a complex, intelligent study of urbanization through an intimate examination of Albuquerque. . . . an insightful, absorbing book.--El Palacio
Author Biography
V.B.PriceisanotedNewMexicanpoetandjournalist--andmore.HeisamemberofthefacultyoftheUniversityofNewMexico'sHonorsCollege, formereditoroftheMaryBurrittChristensenPoetrySeriesattheUniversityofNewMexicoPress, andanadjunctassociateprofessorattheUNMSchoolofArchitectureandPlanning.HeisacofounderoftheonlinepublicationNewMexicoMercuryandtheauthorofseveralbooks, includingTheOrphanedLand: NewMexico'sEnvironmentSincetheManhattanProject.
