Title: The sanitary city
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.
Subjects: Sanitary engineering, Municipal water supply, Municipal services, Refuse and refuse disposal, History, Public utilities, City planning, Water-supply, united states, Water Supply, Refuse Disposal, Refuse disposal--history, Water supply--history, Sanitary engineering--history, Municipal water supply--history, Municipal water supply--united states--history, Sanitary engineering--united states--history, Refuse and refuse disposal--history, Refuse and refuse disposal--united states--history, Municipal services--history, Municipal services--united states--history, Td223 .m45 2000, 2001 m-372, Wa 11 aa1 m528s 2000, 363.6/1/0973
Places: United States