Shock cities : the environmental transformation and reform of Manchester and Chicago / Harold L. Platt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Platt, Harold L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Industries--Environmental aspects--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Industries.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--England--Manchester--History.

Industries--Environmental aspects--England--Manchester--History.

Industries--Environmental aspects.

History.

England--Manchester.

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

xvi, 628 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Contents:

Introduction : the industrial city and the paradox of progress

Land

"They are all little Manchesters"

Mudhole in the prairie

Water

"A fountain inexhaustible" : Chicago and environmental profligacy

"The hardest worked river" : Manchester and environmental catastrophe

Air

The technological construction of industrial ecologies

The social construction of industrial technology

Reforming industrial cities

Introduction : public health and the politics of environmental reform

The environmental justice movement in Manchester

The environmental justice movement in Chicago

"Monstrous waste" : water supply in Chicago and Manchester

"Clever microbes" : sanitation science in Manchester and Chicago

"Invisible evil" : pollution and class politics in Manchester

Visible smoke : pollution and gender politics in Chicago

Conclusion : machine age cities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-609) and index.

ISBN:

0226670767

OCLC:

55502937

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