| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 34.1

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Book Review

Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest By Carl Abbott. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. xi + 242 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, index. $34.95, £24.50, cloth; $19.95, £14.00, paper.)

Carl Abbott's book is the second in the planned Metropolitan Portraits Series, a collection of short volumes dedicated to the history, culture, and environment of principal North American urban regions. Abbott's portrayal of Portland, Oregon, is not a comprehensive history but an effort to situate the city's personality in a historical context. The study is organized into three chapters. The first describes the impact of climate and geography on Portland's regional resource base and on its role as transit point for the surrounding countryside. The second discusses Portland's social composition and the relationships between its socioeconomic and ethnic groups. The author portrays a primarily white, middle-and working-class city of midwestern ancestry in which ethnic and racial minorities have exerted relatively little influence. The third chapter addresses contemporary civic activism and urban planning, especially as it concerns the city's environmental sensibilities and the creation of human-scale urban spaces. . . .

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