The environment and the people in American cities, 1600-1900s [electronic resource] : disorder, inequality, and social change / Dorceta E. Taylor.

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Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
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Main Author:
Taylor, Dorceta E.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > United States > Growth > History.
Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects > United States.
Cities and towns > Growth > Social aspects > United States.
City planning > United States.
Format: Electronic eBook
The environment and the people in American cities, 1600-1900s disorder, inequality, and social change /
Table of Contents:
  • 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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