LEADER 02870nam 2200517 450 001 9910466246403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-3265-9 010 $a1-4696-3266-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001387765 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4862937 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001810050 035 $a(OCoLC)987790647 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse61102 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4862937 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11386878 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1011600 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001387765 100 $a20170615h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCity in a garden $eenvironmental transformations and racial justice in twentieth-century Austin, Texas /$fAndrew M. Busch 210 1$aChapel Hill, North Carolina :$cThe University of North Carolina Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (337 pages) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a1-4696-3264-0 311 $a1-4696-3263-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe trouble with green -- A mighty bulwark against the blind and raging forces of nature: harnessing the river -- A distinct color line mutually conceded: race, natural hazards, and the geography of Austin before World War I -- A mecca for the cultivated and wealthy: progressivism, race, and geography after World War I -- The playground of the Southwest: water, consumption, and natural abundance in postwar Austin -- Industry without smokestacks: knowledge labor, the University of Texas, and suburban Austin -- Building a city of upper-middle class citizens: urban renewal and racial limits on liberalism -- More and more enlightened citizens: environmental progressivism and Austin's emergent identity -- Technopolis: the machine threatens the garden -- Of toxic tours and what makes Austin, Austin: battles for the garden, battles for the city -- From garden to city on a hill: the emergency of green urbanity. 330 8 $aThe natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. In telling Austin's story, Andrew M. Busch invites readers to consider the wider implications of environmentally friendly urban development. By demonstrating how the city's midcentury modernisation sustained racial oppression, restriction, and uneven development, Busch reveals the darker ramifications of Austin's green growth. 607 $aAustin (Tex.)$xHistory 607 $aAustin (Tex.)$xRace relations 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a976.4/31 700 $aBusch$b Andrew M.$01042935 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466246403321 996 $aCity in a garden$92467576 997 $aUNINA