Umfang:
1 online resource (381 pages)
ISBN:
9780300150124
Serie:
Lamar Series in Western History
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Fish that Might Save Seattle -- 1. All the Forces of Nature Are on Their Side: The Unraveling of the Mixed World -- 2. The Work Which Nature Had Left Undone: Making Private Property on the Waterfront Commons -- 3. The Imagination and Creative Energy of the Engineer: Harnessing Nature's Forces to Urban Progress -- 4. Out of Harmony with the Wild Beauty of the Natural Woods: Artistry Versus Utility in Seattle's Olmsted Parks -- 5. Above the Weary Cares of Life: The Benefits and High Social Price of Outdoor Leisure -- 6. Junk-Yard for Human Junk: The Unnatural Ecology of Urban Poverty -- 7. Death for a Tired Old River: Ecological Restoration and Environmental Inequity in Postwar Seattle -- 8. Masses of Self-Centered People: Salmon and the Limits of Ecotopia in Emerald City -- Epilogue: The Geography of Hope: Toward an Ethic of Place and a City of Justice -- Notes -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780300116410
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780300116410
Sprache:
Englisch
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