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
PublicationChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Date©2013
Descriptionxii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012043193
ISBN9780226022512 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN022602251X (cloth : alkaline paper)
Standard identifier# 40022179500

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks TD223 .S64 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold