ISBN:
9780520936515
,
0520936515
,
0585467870
,
9780585467870
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 283 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version River and its city
DDC:
304.00976335
Keywords:
Urban ecology (Sociology) Louisiana
;
New Orleans
;
Human ecology Louisiana
;
New Orleans
;
Human ecology
;
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Human ecology
;
Electronic books
;
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Delta's
;
Havensteden
;
Sociale ecologie
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Essays
;
Human ecology
;
History
;
Mississippi River History
;
Louisiana
;
New Orleans
;
Mississippi River
;
New Orleans (La)
;
Mississippi (rivier)
;
Mississippi River History
;
Mississippi River History
;
Louisiana ; New Orleans
;
New Orleans (La.)
;
Mississippi (rivier)
;
Mississippi River
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Acknowledgments -- Prologue : Nature's highway to market -- Batture laid out for the particular use of the public -- Human genius, organed with machinery ; Necropolis of the South ; Triumphs in the cause of advancement and progress -- Act of God -- Epilogue : Simple needs of automobiles.
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-272) and index. - Description based on print version record
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