The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s-1900s : Disorder, Inequality, and Social Change /

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This wide-ranging study of urban environmental history draws our attention to environmental challenges faced by American cities over the past four centuries, showing how understandings of race, class, and gender shape discourse on the environment.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Dorceta E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Temas:
City planning > United States.
Cities and towns > Growth > Social aspects > United States.
Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects > United States.
Cities and towns > United States > Growth > History.
Villes > Croissance > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Villes > Croissance > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Villes > États-Unis > Croissance > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
City planning.
Cities and towns > Growth > Social aspects.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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