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Shock Cities
Harold L. Platt
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Description for Shock Cities
Hardcover. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 1KBBNC; AMVD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 44. Weight in Grams: 970.
Shock Cities is environmental history of the highest order. This searching work is the first trans-Atlantic study to examine the industrial city in holistic terms, looking at the transformation of its land, water, and air. Harold L. Platt demonstrates how the creation of industrial ecologies spurred the reorganization of urban areas into separate spheres, unhealthy slums in the center and garden estates in the suburbs. By comparing Chicago and Manchester, Platt also shows how the ruling classes managed the political creation of urban space to ensure financial gain—often to the environmental detriment of both regions.
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Shock Cities is environmental history of the highest order. This searching work is the first trans-Atlantic study to examine the industrial city in holistic terms, looking at the transformation of its land, water, and air. Harold L. Platt demonstrates how the creation of industrial ecologies spurred the reorganization of urban areas into separate spheres, unhealthy slums in the center and garden estates in the suburbs. By comparing Chicago and Manchester, Platt also shows how the ruling classes managed the political creation of urban space to ensure financial gain—often to the environmental detriment of both regions.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226670768
SKU
V9780226670768
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Ref
99-1
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