Effluent America

Cities, Industry, Energy, and the Environment

AvMartin Melosi

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Garbage, wastewater, hazardous waste: these are the lenses through which Melosi views nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. In broad overviews and specific case studies, Melosi treats the relationship between industrial expansion and urban growth from an ecological perspective.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-07-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:485 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:History of the Urban Environment
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN:9780822957669

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Martin V. Melosi is Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor and founding director of the Center for Public History at the University of Houston. Melosi received the Distinguished Research Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH), and the Esther Farfel Award from the University of Houston. He has served as president of the ASEH, the National Council on Public History, the Public Works Historical Society, and the Urban History Association. Melosi has written or edited nineteen books, including the award-winning The Sanitary City, and most recently, Atomic Age America.