The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present - Rilegato

Melosi, Martin V.

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ISBN 10: 0801861527 ISBN 13: 9780801861529

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

Melosi (history, U. of Houston) offers a veritable tome on water supply, wastewater, and solid-waste disposal systems in American cities since before the idea of urban sanitation was developed in England and migrated to the New World. He draws on popular accounts and journalism, scholarly histories in technology and urban growth, congressional reports, legislative studies, and other sources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Recensione:

"Martin Melosi's The Sanitary City is a substantial work of scholarship that provides a highly useful history of the development and consequences of urban water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure in the United States. Extensively referenced, heavily illustrated, and well written, it should be a standard on the subject for many years." -- Darwin H. Stapleton, Technology and Culture

"Melosi offers a fascinating historical tour of the odiferous underground architecture of American cities from the eighteenth century to the present." -- Mark Tebeau, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

"Melosi's book is a great accomplishment, a rich source of factual and interpretive material, and a tribute to a life of productive scholarship." -- James B. McSwain, EH.Net

"Well-written and thoroughly documented, The Sanitary City tells a national story... an important read for anyone concerned with understanding American cities and how they got the way they are." -- Steven J. Hoffman, Journal of Social History

"The Sanitary City is a must-have for historians doing research on any aspect of the history of the development of water, sewerage, waste management, pollution control and other aspects of public health and sanitation in the American city. Melosi's prodigious research and extensive bibliography, his lucid descriptions and many illustrations of colonial era and more modern sanitation technologies, and his discussion of the truly myriad accomplishments of the public health and sanitation professions make this book an essential research tool." -- Christine Meisner Rosen, Urban History

"Nicely illustrated and well documented, The Sanitary City, just like the systems it describes, will be central to our understanding of the urban experience." -- Stephen H. Cutcliffe, Science, Technology and Society

"Over the next several years, environmental and civil engineers with an interest in the history of their professions as well as policymakers seeking context will join environmental and urban historians in praising The Sanitary City, a tour de force." -- Patricia Evridge Hill, History

"A comprehensive introduction to a very important topic." -- Richard Kastl, Vernacular Architecture Newsletter

"[The Sanitary City] is well written, in an engaging style that is both informative and leaves the reader with opportunities to critique historiographic debates and form his/her own conclusions... Given the comprehensive treatment Melosi provides, his monograph will likely be the standard reference for some years to come." -- Russell S. Kirby, Historical Geography

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"Professor Melosi integrates the history of the urban infrastructure of sanitation and places this story of technology and engineering in larger contexts of environment and public health. The Sanitary City is a monumental study that sweeps across both time and space; it will become the standard text for many years to come." -- Harold Platt, Loyola University of Chicago

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0801861527
• ISBN 13: 9780801861529
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 578