An Environmental History of the Sacramento Region
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Köp båda 2 för 1238 kr"This fascinating urban environmental history provides a wide-ranging overview of the diversity of landscapes both natural and built that make up the understudied Sacramento region. Each author's contribution provides depth and breadth to a growing body of knowledge of the organic relationship between environmental history and the history of urban growth and development in the American West. This volume makes the reader want to revisit (or visit for the first time) the city of Sacramento armed with a new understanding of its rich, varied, and sometimes troubling history." --Historical Geography "In this fine set of essays on Sacramento, a distinguished group of historians ask what made and makes the city unique. The collection provides fascinating snapshots of agriculture, the gold rush, railroads, urban planning, boosterism, flood control, the New Deal, military bases, nuclear power, Old Sacramento, the American River Parkway, Indians, and Indian gaming. The collection will appeal to urban historians as well as to specialists in the West, California, and the environment." --Donald Pisani, University of Oklahoma "River City and Valley Life makes a valuable contribution to the environmental history of America's cities. Individually, its well-written chapters bring an essential environmental perspective to topics as diverse as gold mining, flood control, nuclear power, and suburbanization. Together, they paint a compelling portrait of a city firmly embedded in the natural world." --Michael Rawson, Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center "Presents its readers with original and provocative ways to think about urban history and the life force of a city throughout its past. Provides something new for urban environmental historians and historians of California in its focus on the relationship between cities, residents, and the landscape." --Agricultural History
Christopher J. Castaneda is professor of history at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including: Dedication. Vision. Heart: The CalPERS Story; Keeping the Promise: A History of the California Departme