City Water, City Life - Water Infrastructure of Ideas in Urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston,

Zusammenfassung A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. This book explores this infrastructure of ideas through an examination of the development of the first successful waterworks systems in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago between the 1790s and 1860s.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Smith, Smith Carl
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2013
• EAN: 9780226022512
• ISBN: 978-0-226-02251-2
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Illinois, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Urban communities, C 1700 To C 1800, Water industries