The bulldozer in the countryside : suburban sprawl and the rise of American environmentalism / Adam...
The bulldozer in the countryside : suburban sprawl and the rise of American environmentalism / Adam...
The bulldozer in the countryside : suburban sprawl and the rise of American environmentalism / Adam Rome.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N333.7315/ 5
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English
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xvi, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Levitt's Progress: The Rise of the Suburban-Industrial Complex -- 2. From the Solar House to the All-Electric Home: The Postwar Debates over Heating and Cooling -- 3. Septic-Tank Suburbia: The Problem of Waste Disposal at the Metropolitan Fringe -- 4. Open Space: The First Protests against the Bu...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"The concern today about suburban sprawl is not new. In the decades after World War II, the spread of tract-house construction changed the nature of millions of acres of land, and a variety of Americans began to protest against the environmental costs of suburban development. By the mid-1960s, indeed, many of the critics were attempting to institut...
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The bulldozer in the countryside : suburban sprawl and the rise of American environmentalism / Adam Rome.
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Studies in environment and history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N333.7315/ 5
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74Vvk4eNZP23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvk4eNZP23
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0521804906 (pb)
9780521800594
0521800595
9780521804905 (pb)
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333.73150973
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991014004899702626
