Making industrial Pittsburgh modern environment, landscape, transportation, energy & planning
Pittsburgh's explosive industrial and population growth between the mid-nineteenth century and the Great Depression required constant attention to city-building. Private, profit-oriented firms, often with government involvement, provided necessary transportation, energy resources, and suitable...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press
[2019]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46270334*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Introduction; I. The Industrial Foundation; 1. The Interaction of Natural and Built Environments in the Pittsburgh Landscape; 2. Pittsburgh's Industrial Corridors; 3. Industrial Suburbs and the Growth of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, 1870-1920; 4. Pittsburgh's Three Rivers; II. Transportation and the Rise of the Modern City; 5. The Omnibus, Commuter Railroad, and Horsecar; 6. The Cable and Electric Streetcar Networks; 7. The Automobile Comes to Pittsburgh, 1910-1935; 8. Skybus; III. Energy, the Environment, and the Modern City; 9. Pittsburgh as an Energy Capital.
- 10. Boom and Bust in Pittsburgh Natural Gas History11. Searching for a Sink for an Industrial Waste Iron-Making Fuels and the Environment; 12. The Metabolism of the Industrial City; IV. Planning the Modern City; 13. The Olmsteds in Pittsburgh; 14. "'In spite of the river' ought to be a Pittsburgh town-slogan"; 15. Downtown Pittsburgh; 16. Preserving Industrial Heritage Landscapes and Community Revitalization; List of Additional Works on Pittsburgh by Edward K. Muller and Joel A. Tarr; Index.
