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Title Emerald city : an environmental history of Seattle / Matthew Klingle.
Author Klingle, Matthew W.
Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.

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 Purdy-Kresge Library  GF 504 .W2 K55 2007    CHECKED IN
Description xix, 344 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series The Lamar series in western history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-322) and index.
Contents The fish that might save Seattle -- All the forces of nature are on their side : -- The work which nature had left undone : the unraveling of the mixed world -- The imagination and creative energy of the engineer : making private property on the waterfront commons -- Out of harmony with the wild beauty of the natural woods : artistry versue utility in Seattle's olmsted parks -- Above the weary cares of life : the benefits and high social price of outdoor leisure -- Junk-yard for human junk : the unnatural ecology of urban poverty -- Death for a tired old river : ecological restoration and environmental inequity in postwar Seattle -- Masses of self-centered people : salmon and the limits of ecotopia in Emerald city -- The geography of hope : toward an ethic of place and a city of justice.
Subject Human ecology -- Seattle Metropolitan Area -- Washington (State)
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Seattle Metropolitan Area -- Washington (State)
Environmental degradation -- Seattle Metropolitan Area -- Washington (State)
Conservation of natural resources -- Seattle Metropolitan Area -- Washington (State)
Seattle (Wash.) -- History.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Social conditions.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Environmental conditions.
ISBN 9780300116410 (alk. paper)
0300116411 (alk. paper)
OCLC # 152580651
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