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Book ID: CBB001181370

Pollution and reform in American cities, 1870--1930 (1980)

Melosi, Martin V. (Editor)

University of Texas Press

ISBN: 9780292764590

Publication Date: 1980
Physical Details: xii + 212 pp.; graphs;
Language: English

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Public health Urban history Urban Spaces Pollution Health Urban planning 20th century, early 19th century United States

Description Contents: Environmental crisis in the city: The relationship between industrialization and urban pollution /; Martin V. Melosi --; Triumph and failure: The American response to the urban water supply problem, 1860-1923 /; Stuart Galishoff --; The development and impact of urban wastewater technology: Changing concepts of water quality control, 1850-1930 /; Joel A. Tarr, James McCurley, Terry F. Yosie --; The battle for clean air: The smoke problem in post-Civil War America /; R. Dale Grinder --; Refuse pollution and municipal reform: The waste problem in America, 1880-1917 /; Martin V. Melosi --; Toward an environmental perspective: The anti-noise campaign, 1893-1932 /; Raymond W. Smilor --; Pollution and political reform in urban American: The role of municipal engineers, 1840-1920 /; Stanley K. Schultz and Clay McSahne --; “Municipal housekeeping”: The role of women in improving urban sanitation practices, 1880-1917 /; Suellen M. Hoy. (From WorldCat)

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Chapter Smilor, Raymond Wesley (1980) Toward an environmental perspective: The anti-noise campaign, 1893--1932. In: Pollution and reform in American cities, 1870--1930 (p. 135). unapi

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