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The Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present

The Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Martin MelosiSeries:Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ #66Publish date:2008-04-18Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822959830ISBN-10:822959836UPC:9780822959830Book Category:Technology & Engineering, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Environmental, United StatesSize:9.22 x 6.30 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC3K0FQRZK
Immersed in their on-demand, highly consumptive, and disposable lifestyles, most urban Americans take for granted the technologies that provide them with potable water, remove their trash, and process their wastewater. These vital services, however, are the byproduct of many decades of development by engineers, sanitarians, and civic planners. In The Sanitary City, Martin V. Melosi assembles a comprehensive, thoroughly researched and referenced history of sanitary services in urban America. He examines the evolution of water supply, sewage systems, and solid waste disposal during three distinct eras: The Age of Miasmas (pre-1880); The Bacteriological Revolution (1880-1945); and The New Ecology (1945 to present-day). Originally published in 2000, this abridged edition includes updated text and bibliographic materials. The Sanitary City is an essential resource for those interested in environmental history, environmental engineering, science and technology, urban studies, and public health. Winner of: George Perkins Marsh Prize from the American Society for Environmental History Urban History Association Prize for the best book in North American Urban History Abel Wolman Prize from the Public Works Historical Society Sidney Edelstein Prize from the Society for the History of Technology
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822959830ISBN-10:822959836UPC:9780822959830Book Category:Technology & Engineering, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Environmental, United StatesSize:9.22 x 6.30 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC3K0FQRZK

Martin V. Melosi is Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History and director of the Center for Public History at the University of Houston. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform and the Environment, and Effluent America: Cities, Industry, Energy, and the Environment.


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