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Emerald city : an environmental history of Seattle
- Title
- Emerald city : an environmental history of Seattle / Matthew Klingle.
- Author
- Klingle, Matthew W.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 344 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Lamar series in western history
- Subjects
- Seattle (Wash.) > Environmental conditions
- Urban ecology (Sociology) > Seattle Metropolitan Area > Washington (State)
- Conservation of natural resources > Seattle Metropolitan Area > Washington (State)
- Seattle (Wash.) > History
- Environmental degradation > Seattle Metropolitan Area > Washington (State)
- Human ecology > Seattle Metropolitan Area > Washington (State)
- Seattle (Wash.) > Social conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-322) and index.
- Contents
- The fish that might save Seattle -- All the forces of nature are on their side : -- The work which nature had left undone : the unraveling of the mixed world -- The imagination and creative energy of the engineer : making private property on the waterfront commons -- Out of harmony with the wild beauty of the natural woods : artistry versue utility in Seattle's olmsted parks -- Above the weary cares of life : the benefits and high social price of outdoor leisure -- Junk-yard for human junk : the unnatural ecology of urban poverty -- Death for a tired old river : ecological restoration and environmental inequity in postwar Seattle -- Masses of self-centered people : salmon and the limits of ecotopia in Emerald city -- The geography of hope : toward an ethic of place and a city of justice.
- Call Number
- IXO (Seattle) 07-7313
- ISBN
- 9780300116410 (alk. paper)
- 0300116411 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007025159
- OCLC
- 152580651
- Author
- Klingle, Matthew W.
- Title
- Emerald city : an environmental history of Seattle / Matthew Klingle.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
- Series
- The Lamar series in western history
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-322) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IXO (Seattle) 07-7313