The Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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Immersed in their on-demand, highly consumptive, and disposable lifestyles, most urban Americans take for granted the technologies that provide them with potable water, remove their trash, and process their wastewater. These vital services, however, are the byproduct of many decades of development by engineers, sanitarians, and civic planners. In The Sanitary City, Martin V. Melosi assembles a comprehensive, thoroughly researched and referenced history...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822959836
ISBN13:9780822959830
Release Date:April 2008
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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