The sanitary city
Subtitle: urban infrastructure in America from colonial times to the present
By: Martin V. Melosi.
Series: Creating the North American landscape
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
Subjects: Municipal water supply -- United States -- History; Sanitary engineering -- United States -- History; Refuse and refuse disposal -- United States -- History; Municipal services -- United States -- History
Description: "Martin V. Melosi studies water supply, wastewater, and solid-waste-disposal systems in U.S. cities from the colonial era to the present day. Along the way, Melosi discusses not only changing technologies and the expanding population but also growing public health awareness and ecological theories.

He shows how the social beliefs and scientific understandings that emerged over time influenced how Americans have viewed waste and sanitation in urban life and how they came to accept workable solutions to the problems of sanitation, water delivery, and waste removal."--BOOK JACKET.

"Ambitious and comprehensive, The Sanitary City incorporates an exhaustive supply of sources, from popular accounts and journalism to scholarly histories in the fields of technology and urban growth to congressional reports and legislative studies. It will appeal to scholars, students, and professionals in environmental history, urban studies, the history of science and technology, public health, and American government."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-562) and index.