City water, city life : water and the infrastructure of ideas in urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago /

A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. It is also an infrastructure of ideas that are a support for the beliefs, values, and aspirations of the people who created the city. In City Water, City L...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Carl S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Temas:
1800-1899
Municipal water supply > United States > History > 19th century.
Waterworks > United States > History > 19th century.
Urbanization > United States > History > 19th century.
Eau > Approvisionnement urbain > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Services d'eau > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Urbanisation > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Municipal water supply.
Urbanization.
Waterworks.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : city water, city life
  • The river, the aqueduct, and the lake : bringing water to Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago
  • The individual and the collective : water, urban society, and the public good
  • Nature and art : water and the reconciliation of the natural and the urban
  • The urban body and the body of the city : the sanitary movement, the temperance crusade, and the water cure
  • The flow of time : city water as cultural anticipation
  • Epilogue.

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