A River and Its City The Nature of Landscape in New Orleans
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This engaging environmental history explores the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of the nation's most important urban public landscapes, and more significantly, the role public spaces play in shaping people's relationships with the natural world. Ari Kelman focuses on the battles fought over New Orleans's waterfront, examining the link between a river and its city and tracking the conflict between public and private control of the river. He describes the impact of floods, disease, and changing technologies on New Orleans's interactions with the Mississippi. Considering how the city grew distantculturally and spatiallyfrom the river, this book argues that urban areas provide a rich source for understanding people's connections with nature, and in turn, nature's impact on human history.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520234321 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 14 Mar 2003 |
DEWEY: | 304.00976335 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Number of pages: | 283 |
Weight: | 514g |
Height: | 235mm |
Width: | 155mm |
Spine width: | 19mm |