To be an Idahoan is to live in remarkable landscapes, whether urban, rural, or wild.
The College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State University publishes colorful award-winning books about our West suspended between the promise and peril of booming urbanization, between farming and industry, between nostalgia and inevitable growth.
All are readable and well photographed. All inform Idaho policy making and enhance our understanding of places that define who we are.
Dean Melissa Lavitt
College of Social Sciences & Public Affairs
Quintessential Boise: An Architectural Journey offers a five-star rating system for understanding the neighborhoods and architecture that makes Boise like no other place.
Urban West Revisited: Managing Growth in Uncertain Times considers the challenges faced by elected officials in ten mid-sized western cities, all hard-hit by the Great Recession and struggling to cope.