River city and valley life : an environmental history of the Sacramento region /

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Often referred to as "the Big Tomato", Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In this book, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Castaneda, Christopher James, 1959- (Editor ), Simpson, Lee M. A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]
Colección:History of the urban environment.
Temas:
City planning > Environmental aspects > California > Sacramento > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
City planning > Environmental aspects
Ecology
Sacramento (Calif.) > Environmental conditions.
Sacramento Valley (Calif.) > Environmental conditions.
Sacramento (Calif.) > History.
Sacramento Valley (Calif.) > History.
Sacramento, Vallée du (Calif.) > Conditions environnementales.
Sacramento, Vallée du (Calif.) > Histoire.
California > Sacramento
California > Sacramento Valley
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The Indomitable City and Its Environmental Context / Steven M. Avella
  • Boomtown Sacramento. John A. Sutter and the Indian Business / Albert L. Hurtado ; River City : Sacramento's Gold Rush Birth and Transfiguration / Kenneth N. Owens ; "We Must Give the World Confidence in the Stability and Permanence of the Place" : Planning Sacramento's Townsite, 1853-1870 / Nathan Hallam ; Railroads and the Urban Environment : Sacramento's Story / Richard J. Orsi
  • Valley Reclamation. The Perils of Agriculture in Sacramento's Untamed Hinterland / David Vaught ; Rivers of Gold, Valley of Conquest : The Business of Levees and Dams in the Capital City / Todd Holmes ; Forging Transcontinental Alliances : The Sacramento River Valley in National Drainage and Flood Control Politics, 1900-1917 / Anthony E. Carlson ; Both "Country Town" and "Bustling Metropolis" : How Boosterism, Suburbs, and Narrative Helped Shape Sacramento's Identity and Environmental Sensibilities / Paul J. P. Sandul
  • Government Town. Unseen Investment : New Deal Sacramento / Gray Brechin and Lee M. A. Simpson ; The Legacy of War : Sacramento's Military Bases / Rand Herbert ; Recalling Rancho Seco : Voicing a Nuclear Past / Christopher J. Castaneda
  • Reclaiming the Past. Dreams, Realizations, and Nightmares : The American River Parkway's Tumultuous Life, 1915-2011 / Alfred E. Holland, Jr. ; Thunder over the Valley : Environmental Politics and Indian Gaming in California / Tanis C. Thorne ; The Invention of Old Sacramento : A Past for the Future / Lee M. A. Simpson and Lisa C. Prince
  • Epilogue : Sacramento, Before and After the Gold Rush / Ty O. Smith.

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