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Author Platt, Harold L.

Title Shock cities : the environmental transformation and reform of Manchester and Chicago / Harold L. Platt.

Publication Info. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
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 Moore Stacks  HT243.U62 C486 2005    Available  ---
Description xvi, 628 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-609) and index.
Contents I: Creating industrial ecologies -- Introduction : the industrial city and the paradox of progress -- Land -- "They are all little Manchesters" -- Mudhole in the prairie -- Water -- "A fountain inexhaustible" : Chicago and environmental profligacy -- "The hardest worked river" : Manchester and environmental catastrophe -- Air -- The technological construction of industrial ecologies -- The social construction of industrial technology -- II: Reforming industrial cities -- Introduction : public health and the politics of environmental reform -- Land -- The environmental justice movement in Manchester -- The environmental justice movement in Chicago -- Water -- "Monstrous waste" : water supply in Chicago and Manchester -- "Clever microbes" : sanitation science in Manchester and Chicago -- Air -- "Invisible evil" : pollution and class politics in Manchester -- Visible smoke : pollution and gender politics in Chicago -- Conclusion : machine age cities.
Subject Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Illinois -- Chicago.
History.
Industries -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Industries -- Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- England -- Manchester -- History.
England -- Manchester.
Industries -- Environmental aspects -- England -- Manchester -- History.
ISBN 0226670767 cloth alkaline paper
9780226670768 cloth alkaline paper

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