City in a garden : environmental transformations and racial justice in twentieth-century Austin,Texas / Andrew M. Busch.
Author/creator |
Busch, Andrew M. |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] |
Description | xii, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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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. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2016047656 |
ISBN | 9781469632636 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 9781469632643 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |