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UNINA9910467907903321 |
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Campbell Lindsay K. |
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City of forests, city of farms : sustainability planning for New York City's nature / / Lindsay K. Campbell |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2017 |
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Human ecology - New York (State) - New York |
Urban forestry - New York (State) - New York |
Urban agriculture - New York (State) - New York |
Urban ecology (Biology) - New York (State) - New York |
Green movement - New York (State) - New York |
Sustainable living - New York (State) - New York |
Land use, Urban - Environmental aspects - New York (State) - New York |
City planning - Environmental aspects - New York (State) - New York |
Environmental policy - New York (State) - New York |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : juxtaposing urban forestry and agriculture in the PlaNYC era -- Greening New York City : political economic context and environmental stewardship from 1970-present -- Creating PlaNYC : the politics of urban sustainability planning -- City of forests : planting one million trees -- Beyond planting : creating an urban forestry movement -- Growing in the city : from community gardening to urban agriculture -- City of farms : cultivating urban agriculture through food policy visions and plans -- Constructing the "greener, greater" city : politics, discourses, and material practices -- City as ecosystem : changing form, function, and governance of urban socio-nature -- Epilogue : from Bloomberg to de Blasio and beyond. |
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City of Forests, City of Farms is a history of recent urban forestry and agriculture policy and programs in New York City. Centered on the |
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2007 initiative PlaNYC, this account tracks the development of policies that increased sustainability efforts in the city and dedicated more than |
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UNINA9910790178603321 |
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Burlingame Michael |
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At Lincoln's Side [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2000 |
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1-280-69734-2 |
9786613674302 |
0-8093-8476-0 |
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1 online resource (325 p.) |
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Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Correspondence |
Hay, John, 1838-1905 |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates |
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography |
Statesmen -- United States -- Correspondence |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 |
Statesmen - United States |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
United States - General |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Civil War Correspondence; 1. 1860-1862; 2. 1863; 3. 1864-1865; Part Two: Selected Writings; 4. Hay's Reminiscences of the Civil War; 5. Biographical Sketches; Appendix 1: The Authorship of the Bixby Letter; Appendix 2: Mary |
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Todd Lincoln's Unethical Conduct as First Lady; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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John Hay believed that "real history is told in private letters," and the more than 220 surviving letters and telegrams from his Civil War days prove that to be true, showing Abraham Lincoln in action: "The Tycoon is in fine whack. I have rarely seen him more serene & busy. He is managing this war, the draft, foreign relations, and planning a reconstruction of the Union, all at once. I never knew with what tyrannous authority he rules the Cabinet, till now. The most important things he decides & there is no cavil."Along with Hay's personal correspondence, Burlingame include |
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