Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West19 reviews William Cronon W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 A review from an armchair historian. + Distinctive and valuable history of urban growth & development + Solid on Both Facts and Theory + Great for readers interested in history, ecology, economics + Best 'textbook' ever             The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (Princeton Studies in American ...14 reviews Thomas J. Sugrue Princeton University Press, 2005 Excellent history of urban decline + A well-written and unbiased look at the sad story of Detroit + Amazing read on historical origins of deindustrialization & the politics of suburbanizaiton + An incredibly important book about racial tensions in the North             Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West6 reviews Donald Worster Oxford University Press, USA, 1992 essential reading on the West + A good complement to "Cadillac Desert," but a notch below + Wow! A Must Read, a Pathbreaking Analysis! + essential reading on the West             American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century ...6 reviews Robert O. Self Princeton University Press, 2003 rigorous and accessible + Beating Cultural Studies At Its Own Game And Laughing All The Way Up The Ivory Tower With Meticulous History + Brilliant history that should be read by political activists + Medium-sized Cities in the times of Urban Renewal + If You Want to Understand American Cities, Read This Book             Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement Robert Gottlieb Island Press, 2005 "...[a] provocative and original account..." --NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS Originally published in 1993, Forcing the Spring was quickly recognized as a seminal work in the field of environmental history. The book links the environmental movement that emerged in the 1960s to earlier movements that had not previously been defined as environmental. It was the first to consider the importance of race, ...             The Death and Life of Great American Cities64 reviews Jane Jacobs Vintage, 1992 Great read + The triumph of common sense + Read it! + Read it + It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy             The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (Studies in ...1 review Adam Rome Cambridge University Press, 2001 Will we ever see an end to Septic Tank Suburbia? Not many Environmenal Health Specialists like myself will probably ever read this book (or even the chapter 'Septic Tank Suburbia'), but they should. Sanitarians, the old term for health inspectors, have approved a crap-load of septic systems serving sprawl development in this nation, and in ...             The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects14 reviews Lewis Mumford Harvest Books, 1968 tricks + A must read book! + Good Until the Last Hundred or So Pages this book is fine. go get it from the library and learn the origins of the city. critique civilization and its facets with other books and never mind intellectual/acedemia. educate yourself. civilizations origins are the origins of humanity's current polarized state. "Computers serve as much more ...             Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960 (Historical Studies of Urban America)3 reviews Arnold R. Hirsch University Of Chicago Press, 1998 the deception of public housing + Racism + Capitalism = Public Housing in Chicago + Well-written historical account After reading The Hidden War,(which made extensive reference to Hirsch's book)I wanted a more detailed history about the creation of public housing as we know it to be in Chicago. This book gives detail of how the political,educational, civic organizations wanted to contain the burgeoning African ...             Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century4 reviews Peter Hall Wiley-Blackwell, 2002 Essential Planning History + Nice book. + Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century + Good read and study of planning history!             Environmental Inequalities: Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-19801 review Andrew Hurley The University of North Carolina Press, 1995 Different sectors of population affected differently by environmental degradation In Environmental Inequalities, Andrew Hurley traces the dynamics of environmental degradation as experienced by three distinct sectors of society in Gary, Indiana, from 1945 to 1980. Hurley devotes a chapter to each of the particular demographics of three social classes affected by industrial ...             Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States10 reviews Kenneth T. Jackson Oxford University Press, USA, 1987 A classical look at the suburbs of the United States + A great glimpse into the history of the suburb + came quickly + great book + History of Suburbanization in America             The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (Princeton Studies in American ...14 reviews Thomas J. Sugrue Princeton University Press, 2005 Excellent history of urban decline + A well-written and unbiased look at the sad story of Detroit + Amazing read on historical origins of deindustrialization & the politics of suburbanizaiton + An incredibly important book about racial tensions in the North             The Death and Life of Great American Cities64 reviews Jane Jacobs Vintage, 1992 Great read + The triumph of common sense + Read it! + Read it + It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy             The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (Studies in ...1 review Adam Rome Cambridge University Press, 2001 Will we ever see an end to Septic Tank Suburbia? Not many Environmenal Health Specialists like myself will probably ever read this book (or even the chapter 'Septic Tank Suburbia'), but they should. Sanitarians, the old term for health inspectors, have approved a crap-load of septic systems serving sprawl development in this nation, and in ...             Environmental Inequalities: Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-19801 review Andrew Hurley The University of North Carolina Press, 1995 Different sectors of population affected differently by environmental degradation In Environmental Inequalities, Andrew Hurley traces the dynamics of environmental degradation as experienced by three distinct sectors of society in Gary, Indiana, from 1945 to 1980. Hurley devotes a chapter to each of the particular demographics of three social classes affected by industrial ...             Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West6 reviews Donald Worster Oxford University Press, USA, 1992 essential reading on the West + A good complement to "Cadillac Desert," but a notch below + Wow! A Must Read, a Pathbreaking Analysis! + essential reading on the West             Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States10 reviews Kenneth T. Jackson Oxford University Press, USA, 1987 A classical look at the suburbs of the United States + A great glimpse into the history of the suburb + came quickly + great book + History of Suburbanization in America             Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960 (Historical Studies of Urban America)3 reviews Arnold R. Hirsch University Of Chicago Press, 1998 the deception of public housing + Racism + Capitalism = Public Housing in Chicago + Well-written historical account After reading The Hidden War,(which made extensive reference to Hirsch's book)I wanted a more detailed history about the creation of public housing as we know it to be in Chicago. This book gives detail of how the political,educational, civic organizations wanted to contain the burgeoning African ...             The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects14 reviews Lewis Mumford Harvest Books, 1968 tricks + A must read book! + Good Until the Last Hundred or So Pages this book is fine. go get it from the library and learn the origins of the city. critique civilization and its facets with other books and never mind intellectual/acedemia. educate yourself. civilizations origins are the origins of humanity's current polarized state. "Computers serve as much more ...