Main entry:

Kelman, Ari, 1968-

Title & Author:

A river and its city : the nature of landscape in New Orleans : with a new preface / Ari Kelman.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.

Description:

xxiii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: ©2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : nature's highway to market -- A batture laid out for the particular use of the public -- Human genius, organed with machinery -- The necropolis of the South -- Triumphs in the cause of advancement and progress -- An act of God -- Epilogue : the simple needs of automobiles.

Summary:

"This environmental history explores the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of the nation's most important urban public landscapes and, more significantly, the role that public spaces play in shaping people's relationships with the natural world. Ari Kelman focuses on the battles fought over New Orlean'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 Orlean's interactions with the Mississippi. Considering how the city grew distant - culturally and spatially - from 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. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Kelman underscores the role that common people have played in shaping the city and portrays the Mississippi as an active participant in New Orlean's history."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0520234332 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520234338 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520234332 (alk. paper)
9780520234338 (alk. paper)
0520234324 (alk. paper)
9780520234321 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Urban ecology (Sociology) Louisiana New Orleans.
Human ecology Louisiana New Orleans.
Écologie urbaine Louisiane La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Écologie humaine Louisiane La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Human ecology
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Stadtentwicklung
Humanökologie
Mississippi River History.
Mississippi (Fleuve) Histoire.
Louisiana New Orleans
Mississippi River
New Orleans, La.
Mississippi

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 246105
Call No.: BIB 175713
Status: Available