City in a Garden: Environmental Transformations and Racial Justice in Twentieth-century Austin, Texas

City in a Garden: Environmental Transformations and Racial Justice in Twentieth-century Austin, Texas
ISBN-10
1469632640
ISBN-13
9781469632643
Category
Social Science
Language
English
Published
2017
Author
Andrew M. Busch

Description

The trouble with green -- A mighty bulwark against the blind and raging forces of nature: harnessing the river -- A distinct color line mutually conceded: race, natural hazards, and the geography of Austin before World War I -- A mecca for the cultivated and wealthy: progressivism, race, and geography after World War I -- The playground of the Southwest: water, consumption, and natural abundance in postwar Austin -- Industry without smokestacks: knowledge labor, the University of Texas, and suburban Austin -- Building a city of upper-middle class citizens: urban renewal and racial limits on liberalism -- More and more enlightened citizens: environmental progressivism and Austin's emergent identity -- Technopolis: the machine threatens the garden -- Of toxic tours and what makes Austin, Austin: battles for the garden, battles for the city -- From garden to city on a hill: the emergency of green urbanity

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