Shock Cities
Subtitle: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780226670768
Subjects: City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban renewal & regeneration; History; History - U.S; History: World; Lancashire; Europe - Great Britain - General; Historical Geography; United States - State & Local - Midwest; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; General; Chicago; England; Environmental aspects; Illinois; Industries; Manchester; Urban ecology
Description: "This work is the first transatlantic study to examine the industrial city in holistic terms, looking at the transformation of its land, water, and air. Harold L. Platt demonstrates how the creation of industrial ecologies spurred the reorganization of urban areas into separate spheres, unhealthy slums in the center and garden estates in the suburbs. By comparing Chicago and Manchester, Platt also shows how the ruling classes managed the political manipulation of urban space to ensure financial gain - often to the environmental detriment of both regions." "Shock Cities recasts the age of industry within a larger frame of nature. It will be of value to students of ecology, technology, and public health in the Western world."--Jacket.