City water, city life : water and the infrastructure of ideas in urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago / Carl Smith.
| Author/creator |
Smith, Carl S. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2013 |
| Description | xii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction : city water, city life -- The river, the aqueduct, and the lake : bringing water to Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago -- The individual and the collective : water, urban society, and the public good -- Nature and art : water and the reconciliation of the natural and the urban -- The urban body and the body of the city : the sanitary movement, the temperance crusade, and the water cure -- The flow of time -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012043193 |
| ISBN | 9780226022512 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 022602251X (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40022179500 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | TD223 .S64 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |