A River and Its City - The Nature of Landscape in New Orleans (Paperback, First Edition, with a New Pref ed.)

"New Orleans' Mississippi levee, as Kelman explains in this fascinating study, is more than a pile of dirt. It is the key to unraveling the historical dialectic between a great river and an essentially amphibious city. It is also the monumental space of New Orleans' past, where dark plots and heroic dreams remain forever entangled."--Mike Davis, author of "Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
"Kelman has written a pioneering environmental history of the evolving relationship between one of the nation's oldest and most exceptional cities, New Orleans, and our greatest river, the Mississippi. For New Orleans, the river offered challenges and opportunities alike, providing the lifeblood of the city's commerce and a signature symbol of its identity even as it also brought floods, disease, and death. It is a fascinating story."--William Cronon, author of "Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
"Kelman makes elegant sense of a story as tangled as the Louisiana bayous and tells his tale with a verve to rival that of New Orleans itself. A strong addition to American environmental history."--John R. McNeill, author of "Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	May 2006
Authors:	Ari Kelman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	296
Edition:	First Edition, with a New Pref ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-23433-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-23433-2
Barcode:	9780520234338

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