Main entry:

Melosi, Martin V., 1947-

Title & Author:

The sanitary city : urban infrastructure in America from colonial times to the present / Martin V. Melosi.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2000.

Description:

xii, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-562) and index.
Part I. The age of miasmas: From colonial times to 1880. Sanitation practices in Pre-Chadwickian America ; Bringing the serpent's tail into the serpent's mouth ; The "sanitary idea" crosses the Atlantic ; Pure and plentiful ; Subterranean networks. -- Part II. The bacteriological revolution: 1880-1945. On the cusp of the new public health ; Water supply as a municipal enterprise, 1880-1920 ; Battles at both ends of the pipe ; The third pillar of sanitary services ; The Great Depression, World War II, and public works, 1920-1945 ; Water supply as national issue ; Sewerage, treatment, and the "broadening viewpoint" ; The "orphan child" of sanitary engineering. -- Part III. The new ecology: 1945-2000. The challenge of suburban sprawl and the "urban crisis in the age of ecology", 1945-1970 ; A time of unease ; Beyond their limits ; Solid waste as "third pollution", 1945-1970 ; From Earth Day to infrastructure crisis ; Beyond broken pipes and tired treatment plants ; Out of state, out of mind.

Summary:

The authors examines water supply and waste disposal in U.S. cities from Colonial times to the present day.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801861527 (alk. paper)
9780801861529 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Municipal water supply United States History.
Sanitary engineering United States History.
Refuse and refuse disposal United States History.
Municipal services United States History.
Sanitary Engineering history
Water Supply history
Refuse Disposal history
Eau Approvisionnement urbain États-Unis Histoire.
Technique sanitaire États-Unis Histoire.
Déchets Élimination États-Unis Histoire.
Services municipaux États-Unis Histoire.
Municipal services.
Municipal water supply.
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Sanitary engineering.
Städtehygiene
Abfallbeseitigung
Wasserversorgung
Steden.
Nutsbedrijven.
Gemeentebedrijven.
ESGOTOS SANITÁRIOS.
INFRAESTRUTURA URBANA.
United States
USA.
Medical Humanities.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207100
Call No.: TD223 .M45 2000
Status: Available