Shock cities the environmental transformation and reform of Manchester and Chicago
Introduction: the industrial city and the paradox of progress -- Land -- "They are all little Manchesters" -- Mudhole in the prairie -- Water -- "A fountain inexhaustible" : Chicago and environmental profligacy -- "The hardest worked river" : Manchester and environmenta...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago u.a.
University of Chicago Press
2005
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Ecologische aspecten
> Industrie - Aspect de l'environnement - Angleterre - Manchester - Histoire
> Industrie - Aspect de l'environnement - Illinois - Chicago - Histoire
> Industrie
> Metropolen
> Écologie urbaine - Angleterre - Manchester - Histoire
> Écologie urbaine - Illinois - Chicago - Histoire
> Geschichte
> Umwelt
> Urban ecology
> History
> Industries
> Environmental aspects
> Stadtentwicklung
> Umweltveränderung
> Umweltschutz
> Chicago (Ill)
> Manchester
> Chicago, Ill.
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: the industrial city and the paradox of progress -- Land -- "They are all little Manchesters" -- Mudhole in the prairie -- Water -- "A fountain inexhaustible" : Chicago and environmental profligacy -- "The hardest worked river" : Manchester and environmental catastrophe -- Air -- The technological construction of industrial ecologies -- The social construction of industrial technology -- Reforming industrial cities -- Introduction : public health and the politics of environmental reform -- Land -- The environmental justice movement in Manchester -- The environmental justice movement in Chicago -- Water -- "Monstrous waste" : water supply in Chicago and Manchester -- "Clever microbes" : sanitation science in Manchester and Chicago -- Air -- "Invisible evil" : pollution and class politics in Manchester -- Visible smoke : pollution and gender politics in Chicago -- Conclusion : machine age cities. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-609) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 628 p. ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0226670767 0-226-67076-7 |