River city and valley life : an environmental history of the Sacramento region / / edited by Christopher J. Castaneda and Lee M. A. Simpson ; Steven M. Avella [and sixteen others], contributors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209794/5 |
Collana | History of the Urban Environment |
Soggetto topico | City planning - Environmental aspects - California - Sacramento - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8229-7918-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Indomitable City and Its Environmental Context / Steven M. Avella -- Part I. Boomtown Sacramento -- John A. Sutter and the Indian Business / Albert L. Hurtado -- River City : Sacramento's Gold Rush Birth and Transfiguration / Kenneth N. Owens -- "We Must Give the World Confidence in the Stability and Permanence of the Place" : Planning Sacramento's Townsite, 1853-1870 / Nathan Hallam -- Railroads and the Urban Environment : Sacramento's Story / Richard J. Orsi -- Part II. Valley Reclamation -- The Perils of Agriculture in Sacramento's Untamed Hinterland / David Vaught -- Rivers of Gold, Valley of Conquest : The Business of Levees and Dams in the Capital City / Todd Holmes -- Forging Transcontinental Alliances : The Sacramento River Valley in National Drainage and Flood Control Politics, 1900-1917 / Anthony E. Carlson -- Both "Country Town" and "Bustling Metropolis" : How Boosterism, Suburbs, and Narrative Helped Shape Sacramento's Identity and Environmental Sensibilities / Paul J.P. Sandul -- Part III. Government Town -- Unseen Investment : New Deal Sacramento / Gray Brechin and Lee M.A. Simpson -- The Legacy of War : Sacramento's Military Bases / Rand Herbert -- Recalling Rancho Seco : Voicing a Nuclear Past / Christopher J. Castaneda -- Part IV. Reclaiming the Past -- Dreams, Realizations, and Nightmares : The American River Parkway's Tumultuous Life, 1915-2011 / Alfred E. Holland, Jr. -- Thunder over the Valley : Environmental Politics and Indian Gaming in California / Tanis C. Thorne -- The Invention of Old Sacramento : A Past for the Future / Lee M.A. Simpson and Lisa C. Prince -- Epilogue: Sacramento, Before and After the Gold Rush / Ty O. Smith. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464615303321 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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River city and valley life : an environmental history of the Sacramento region / / edited by Christopher J. Castaneda and Lee M. A. Simpson ; Steven M. Avella [and sixteen others], contributors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209794/5 |
Collana | History of the Urban Environment |
Soggetto topico | City planning - Environmental aspects - California - Sacramento - History |
ISBN | 0-8229-7918-7 |
Classificazione | HIS036140 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Indomitable City and Its Environmental Context / Steven M. Avella -- Part I. Boomtown Sacramento -- John A. Sutter and the Indian Business / Albert L. Hurtado -- River City : Sacramento's Gold Rush Birth and Transfiguration / Kenneth N. Owens -- "We Must Give the World Confidence in the Stability and Permanence of the Place" : Planning Sacramento's Townsite, 1853-1870 / Nathan Hallam -- Railroads and the Urban Environment : Sacramento's Story / Richard J. Orsi -- Part II. Valley Reclamation -- The Perils of Agriculture in Sacramento's Untamed Hinterland / David Vaught -- Rivers of Gold, Valley of Conquest : The Business of Levees and Dams in the Capital City / Todd Holmes -- Forging Transcontinental Alliances : The Sacramento River Valley in National Drainage and Flood Control Politics, 1900-1917 / Anthony E. Carlson -- Both "Country Town" and "Bustling Metropolis" : How Boosterism, Suburbs, and Narrative Helped Shape Sacramento's Identity and Environmental Sensibilities / Paul J.P. Sandul -- Part III. Government Town -- Unseen Investment : New Deal Sacramento / Gray Brechin and Lee M.A. Simpson -- The Legacy of War : Sacramento's Military Bases / Rand Herbert -- Recalling Rancho Seco : Voicing a Nuclear Past / Christopher J. Castaneda -- Part IV. Reclaiming the Past -- Dreams, Realizations, and Nightmares : The American River Parkway's Tumultuous Life, 1915-2011 / Alfred E. Holland, Jr. -- Thunder over the Valley : Environmental Politics and Indian Gaming in California / Tanis C. Thorne -- The Invention of Old Sacramento : A Past for the Future / Lee M.A. Simpson and Lisa C. Prince -- Epilogue: Sacramento, Before and After the Gold Rush / Ty O. Smith. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789381303321 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
River city and valley life : an environmental history of the Sacramento region / / edited by Christopher J. Castaneda and Lee M. A. Simpson ; Steven M. Avella [and sixteen others], contributors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209794/5 |
Collana | History of the Urban Environment |
Soggetto topico | City planning - Environmental aspects - California - Sacramento - History |
ISBN | 0-8229-7918-7 |
Classificazione | HIS036140 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Indomitable City and Its Environmental Context / Steven M. Avella -- Part I. Boomtown Sacramento -- John A. Sutter and the Indian Business / Albert L. Hurtado -- River City : Sacramento's Gold Rush Birth and Transfiguration / Kenneth N. Owens -- "We Must Give the World Confidence in the Stability and Permanence of the Place" : Planning Sacramento's Townsite, 1853-1870 / Nathan Hallam -- Railroads and the Urban Environment : Sacramento's Story / Richard J. Orsi -- Part II. Valley Reclamation -- The Perils of Agriculture in Sacramento's Untamed Hinterland / David Vaught -- Rivers of Gold, Valley of Conquest : The Business of Levees and Dams in the Capital City / Todd Holmes -- Forging Transcontinental Alliances : The Sacramento River Valley in National Drainage and Flood Control Politics, 1900-1917 / Anthony E. Carlson -- Both "Country Town" and "Bustling Metropolis" : How Boosterism, Suburbs, and Narrative Helped Shape Sacramento's Identity and Environmental Sensibilities / Paul J.P. Sandul -- Part III. Government Town -- Unseen Investment : New Deal Sacramento / Gray Brechin and Lee M.A. Simpson -- The Legacy of War : Sacramento's Military Bases / Rand Herbert -- Recalling Rancho Seco : Voicing a Nuclear Past / Christopher J. Castaneda -- Part IV. Reclaiming the Past -- Dreams, Realizations, and Nightmares : The American River Parkway's Tumultuous Life, 1915-2011 / Alfred E. Holland, Jr. -- Thunder over the Valley : Environmental Politics and Indian Gaming in California / Tanis C. Thorne -- The Invention of Old Sacramento : A Past for the Future / Lee M.A. Simpson and Lisa C. Prince -- Epilogue: Sacramento, Before and After the Gold Rush / Ty O. Smith. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825355303321 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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