A river and its city : the nature of landscape in New Orleans /
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 ove...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520936515 0520936515 0585467870 9780585467870 0520234324 9780520234321 1597348740 9781597348744 |
