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OverviewGarbage, 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin MelosiPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.485kg ISBN: 9780822957669ISBN 10: 0822957663 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 19 July 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsEnvironmental Historians and urban historians alike will find Effluent America a useful book to have on the shelf. The collection as a whole will challenge environmental historians in particular to think reatively about how to incorporate urban material culture, technical and administrative systems, and the progressive reform movement more effectively into their research and curriculum. --H-Net Reviews As a collection of essays that span more than two decades, the work helps identify the range of environmental issues in areas of urban and industrial life. . . . In bringing this well-documented, insightful material together with new introductory essays, Melosi has performed a true service to the study of the urban environment. --Robert Gottlieb, Occidental College Author InformationMartin 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 Am Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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