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Environmental History

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A Time For Change : Improving Salt Lake City, 1890-1925, J. Michael Hunter Dec 2014

A Time For Change : Improving Salt Lake City, 1890-1925, J. Michael Hunter

J Michael Hunter

Although visitors to Salt Lake City during its earliest years described the valley as a place of order and beauty, by the 1880s the city had become dirty, polluted, and unsanitary. This article details the efforts at improvement beginning in the 1880s, including the installation of water and sewer systems, public transportation, electricity, paved streets, and the beautification of parks and playgrounds.

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Banking On Brownfields, Landfills, And History: Toxic Waste And Urban Renewal In Worcester, Massachusetts, 1986-Present, Steven Corey Mar 2010

Banking On Brownfields, Landfills, And History: Toxic Waste And Urban Renewal In Worcester, Massachusetts, 1986-Present, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

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Rummaging Through Worcester’S Industrial Ruins: Active Learning And Environmental History, Steven Corey Feb 2010

Rummaging Through Worcester’S Industrial Ruins: Active Learning And Environmental History, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

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Garbage In The Sea: Ocean Dumping In The New York Bight, 1850s-1930s, Steven Corey Jan 2009

Garbage In The Sea: Ocean Dumping In The New York Bight, 1850s-1930s, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

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Public Health And Environmentalism: Adding Garbage To The History Of Environmental Ethics, Steven Corey, Christopher Preston Dec 2004

Public Health And Environmentalism: Adding Garbage To The History Of Environmental Ethics, Steven Corey, Christopher Preston

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

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Apostle Of Cleanliness: Colonel George E. Waring, Jr. And The Sanitary Reform Impulse In New York City, Steven Corey Dec 2001

Apostle Of Cleanliness: Colonel George E. Waring, Jr. And The Sanitary Reform Impulse In New York City, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

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Garbage! The History And Politics Of Trash In New York City, Steven Corey, Elizabeth Fee Dec 1993

Garbage! The History And Politics Of Trash In New York City, Steven Corey, Elizabeth Fee

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

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Garbage In The Sea: New York City And Ocean Dumping, 1857-1934, Steven Corey Dec 1990

Garbage In The Sea: New York City And Ocean Dumping, 1857-1934, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

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