Devastation and Renewal: An Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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Every city has an environmental story, perhaps none so dramatic as Pittsburgh's. Founded in a river valley blessed with enormous resources-three strong waterways, abundant forests, rich seams of coal-the city experienced a century of exploitation and industrialization that degraded and obscured the natural environment to a horrific degree. Pittsburgh came to be known as "the Smoky City," or, as James Parton famously declared in 1866, "hell with the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822958929
ISBN13:9780822958925
Release Date:August 2005
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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