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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467907903321

Autore

Campbell Lindsay K.

Titolo

City of forests, city of farms : sustainability planning for New York City's nature / / Lindsay K. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-5017-1479-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

333.77

Soggetti

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.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



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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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790178603321

Autore

Burlingame Michael

Titolo

At Lincoln's Side [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-69734-2

9786613674302

0-8093-8476-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/092

973.7092

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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



Todd Lincoln's Unethical Conduct as First Lady; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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