The environment and the people in American cities, 1600-1900s : disorder, inequality, and social change / Dorceta E. Taylor
Material type: TextPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2009Description: xii, 626 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 082234436X
- 9780822344360
- 9780822344513
- 0822344513
- HT371 .T39 2009
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | QH541.5.C6 T29 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800175366 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The evolution of American cities -- Epidemics, cities, and environmental reform -- Wealthy urbanites : fleeing downtown and privatizing green space -- Social inequality and the quest for order in the city -- Data gathering as a mechanism for understanding the city and imposing order -- Sanitation and housing reform -- Conceptualizing and framing urban parks -- Elite ideology, activism, and park development -- Social class, activism, and park use -- Contemporary efforts to finance urban parks -- Class, race, space, and zoning in America -- Land use and zoning in American cities -- Workplace and community hazards -- The industrial workplace.