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Emerald city : an environmental history of Seattle / Matthew Klingle.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Lamar series in western historyPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.Description: xix, 344 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0300116411 (alk. paper)
  • 9780300116410 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GF504.W2 K55 2007
Contents:
The fish that might save Seattle -- All the forces of nature are on their side : -- The work which nature had left undone : the unraveling of the mixed world -- The imagination and creative energy of the engineer : making private property on the waterfront commons -- Out of harmony with the wild beauty of the natural woods : artistry versue utility in Seattle's olmsted parks -- Above the weary cares of life : the benefits and high social price of outdoor leisure -- Junk-yard for human junk : the unnatural ecology of urban poverty -- Death for a tired old river : ecological restoration and environmental inequity in postwar Seattle -- Masses of self-centered people : salmon and the limits of ecotopia in Emerald city -- The geography of hope : toward an ethic of place and a city of justice.
List(s) this item appears in: Northwest Ecosystems
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Pacific Northwest Connections Collection QH541.5.C6 K55 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800002578
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-322) and index.

The fish that might save Seattle -- All the forces of nature are on their side : -- The work which nature had left undone : the unraveling of the mixed world -- The imagination and creative energy of the engineer : making private property on the waterfront commons -- Out of harmony with the wild beauty of the natural woods : artistry versue utility in Seattle's olmsted parks -- Above the weary cares of life : the benefits and high social price of outdoor leisure -- Junk-yard for human junk : the unnatural ecology of urban poverty -- Death for a tired old river : ecological restoration and environmental inequity in postwar Seattle -- Masses of self-centered people : salmon and the limits of ecotopia in Emerald city -- The geography of hope : toward an ethic of place and a city of justice.

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