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City in a garden : environmental transformations and racial justice in twentieth-century Austin, Texas / Andrew M. Busch

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Author:
Busch, Andrew M.  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Texas
Austin
Austin (Tex.)
Date:
2017
Contents:
The trouble with green -- A mighty bulwark against the blind and raging forces of nature: harnessing the river -- A distinct color line mutually conceded: race, natural hazards, and the geography of Austin before World War I -- A mecca for the cultivated and wealthy: progressivism, race, and geography after World War I -- The playground of the Southwest: water, consumption, and natural abundance in postwar Austin -- Industry without smokestacks: knowledge labor, the University of Texas, and suburban Austin -- Building a city of upper-middle class citizens: urban renewal and racial limits on liberalism -- More and more enlightened citizens: environmental progressivism and Austin's emergent identity -- Technopolis: the machine threatens the garden -- Of toxic tours and what makes Austin, Austin: battles for the garden, battles for the city -- From garden to city on a hill: the emergency of green urbanity
Topic:
Sustainable urban development--Social aspects  Search this
City planning--Environmental aspects  Search this
City planning--Social aspects  Search this
History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083003