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A river and its city : the nature of landscape in New Orleans / Ari Kelman

Kelman, Ari,i1968- [Verfasser]

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 283 pages) : Illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index

978-0-520-93651-5 ; 0-520-93651-5 ; 0-585-46787-0 ; 978-0-585-46787-0 ; 0-520-23432-4 ; 978-0-520-23432-1 ; 1-59734-874-0 ; 978-1-59734-874-4 ; 0-520-23432-4

NR 9158

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.