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City Water, City Life

- Water and the Infrastructure of Ideas in Urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago

About City Water, City Life

A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. This book explores this infrastructure of ideas through an examination of the development of the first successful waterworks systems in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago between the 1790s and 1860s.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226022512
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 344
  • Published:
  • April 16, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 16x23x3 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 595 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024

Description of City Water, City Life

A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. This book explores this infrastructure of ideas through an examination of the development of the first successful waterworks systems in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago between the 1790s and 1860s.

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