The age of smoke
Subtitle: environmental policy in Germany and the United States, 1880-1970
By: Frank Uekoetter.
Series: History of the urban environment
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780822943648; 9780822960126
Subjects: Air -- Pollution -- Germany -- History; Air -- Pollution -- United States -- History; Air quality management -- Germany -- History; Air quality management -- United States -- History; Smoke prevention -- Germany -- History; Smoke prevention -- United States -- History; Environmental policy -- Germany -- History; Environmental policy -- United States -- History; Air Pollution -- prevention & control -- Germany; Air Pollution -- prevention & control -- United States; Air Pollutants -- adverse effects -- Germany; Air Pollutants -- adverse effects -- United States; Coal -- adverse effects -- Germany; Coal -- adverse effects -- United States; Environment -- Germany; Environment -- United States; History, 19th Century -- Germany; History, 19th Century -- United States; History, 20th Century -- Germany; History, 20th Century -- United States; Public Health -- Germany; Public Health -- United States; Smoke -- adverse effects -- Germany; Smoke -- adverse effects -- United States
Work titles: Von der Rauchplage zur ökologischen Revolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The age of smoke; title: Modern times, modern problems : controlling smoke, 1880-1914; title: Pollutants and politics : air pollution control between the wars; title: Beyond the pall of smoke; title: Going local, going national : the postwar divergence of environmental policy; title: Forerunners and pioneers; title: Environmental revolutions and evolutions; title: Conclusion : Was the environmental revolution necessary?