| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The trouble with green -- A mighty bulwark against the blind and raging forces of nature: harnessing the river -- A distinct color line mutually conceded: race, natural hazards, and the geography of Austin before World War I -- A mecca for the cultivated and wealthy: progressivism, race, and geography after World War I -- The playground of the Southwest: water, consumption, and natural abundance in postwar Austin -- Industry without smokestacks: knowledge labor, the University of Texas, and suburban Austin -- Building a city of upper-middle class citizens: urban renewal and racial limits on liberalism -- More and more enlightened citizens: environmental progressivism and Austin's emergent identity -- Technopolis: the machine threatens the garden -- Of toxic tours and what makes Austin, Austin: battles for the garden, battles for the city -- From garden to city on a hill: the emergency of green urbanity |
| Summary |
The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. From the beginning, city leaders, residents, planners, and employers consistently imagined Austin as a natural place, highlighting the region's environmental attributes as they marketed the city and planned for its growth. Yet, as Austin modernized and attracted an educated and skilled labor force, the demand to preserve its natural spaces was used to justify economic and racial segregation. This effort to create and maintain a "city in a garden" perpetuated uneven social and economic power relationships throughout the twentieth century. In telling Austin's story, Andrew M. Busch invites readers to consider the wider implications of environmentally friendly urban development. While Austin's mainstream environmental record is impressive, its minority groups continue to live on the economic, social, and geographic margins of the city. By demonstrating how the city's midcentury modernization and progressive movement sustained racial oppression, restriction, and uneven development in the decades that followed, Busch reveals the darker ramifications of Austin's green growth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable urban development -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Austin
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City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Texas -- Austin
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City planning -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Austin
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects
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City planning -- Social aspects
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Race relations
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Austin (Tex.) -- History
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Austin (Tex.) -- Race relations
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Texas -- Austin
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016047656 |
| ISBN |
9781469632650 |
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1469632659 |
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9781469632667 |
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1469632667 |
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