City in a garden : environmental transformations and racial justice in twentieth-century Austin, Texas / / Andrew M. Busch |
Autore | Busch Andrew M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 976.4/31 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4696-3265-9
1-4696-3266-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466246403321 |
Busch Andrew M. | ||
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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City in a garden : environmental transformations and racial justice in twentieth-century Austin, Texas / / Andrew M. Busch |
Autore | Busch Andrew M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 976.4/31 |
ISBN |
979-88-908488-1-9
1-4696-3265-9 1-4696-3266-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792953503321 |
Busch Andrew M. | ||
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
City in a garden : environmental transformations and racial justice in twentieth-century Austin, Texas / / Andrew M. Busch |
Autore | Busch Andrew M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 976.4/31 |
ISBN |
979-88-908488-1-9
1-4696-3265-9 1-4696-3266-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828888803321 |
Busch Andrew M. | ||
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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