Emerald City An Environmental History of Seattle

Name: Emerald City An Environmental History of Seattle
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ISBN: 9780300143195

ISBN-10: 0300143192

ISBN-13: 9780300143195

Edition: 2009

Authors: Matthew Klingle, Matthew W. Klingle

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At the foot of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains on the forested shores of Puget Sound, Seattle is set in a location of spectacular natural beauty. Boosters of the city have long capitalized on this splendor, recently likening it to the fairytale capital of L. Frank Baum7;sThe Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City. But just as Dorothy, Toto, and their traveling companions discover a darker reality upon entering the green gates of the imaginary Emerald City, those who look more closely at Seattle7;s landscape will find that it reveals a history marked by environmental degradation and urban inequality. This book explores the role of nature in the development of the city of Seattle from the earliest…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 1/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.92" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Matthew Klingle is an associate professor of history and environmental studies at Bowdoin College and the author of Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle (Yale University Press, 2007), which received the biennial 2009 Ray Allen Billington Prize from the Organization of American Historians. Klingle has received awards, fellowships, and grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, American Society for Environmental History, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, Organization of American Historians, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Urban History Association, and Western History Association.



Preface


List of Maps


Acknowledgments


Prologue: The Fish that Might Save Seattle



All the Forces of Nature Are on Their Side: The Unraveling of the Mixed World



The Work Which Nature Had Left Undone: Making Private Property on the Waterfront Commons



The Imagination and Creative Energy of the Engineer: Harnessing Nature's Forces to Urban Progress



Out of Harmony with the Wild Beauty of the Natural Woods: Artistry Versus Utility in Seattle's Olmsted Parks



Above the Weary Cares of Life: The Benefits and High Social Price of Outdoor Leisure



Junk-Yard for Human Junk: The Unnatural Ecology of Urban Poverty



Death for a Tired Old River: Ecological Restoration and Environmental Inequity in Postwar Seattle



Masses of Self-Centered People: Salmon and the Limits of Ecotopia in Emerald City


Epilogue: The Geography of Hope: Toward an Ethic of Place and a City of Justice


Notes


Index