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Devastation and Renewal: An Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region
ISBN: 9780822958925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 lid taken off." Then came the storied Renaissance in the years following World War II, when the city's public and private elites, abetted... Every city has an environmental story, perhaps none so dramatic as Pittsburgh's. Founded in a river valley blessed with enormous resources-three st... |
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Making Industrial Pittsburgh Modern: Environment, Landscape, Transportation, Energy, and Planning
ISBN: 9780822945697 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Pittsburgh’s explosive industrial and population growth between the mid-nineteenth century and the Great Depression required constant attention to city-building. Private, profit-oriented firms, often with government involvement, provided necessary transportation, energy resources, and suitable industrial and residential sites. Meeting these requirements in the region’s challenging hilly topographical and riverine environment resulted in the dramatic reshaping of the natural landscape. At the same time, the Pittsburgh region’s free market, private enterprise emphasis created...
Pittsburgh’s explosive industrial and population growth between the mid-nineteenth century and the Great Depression required constant attention to c...
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