{"product_id":"the-sanitary-city-environmental-services-in-urban-america-from-colonial-times-to-the-present-paperback","title":"The Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Melosi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmersed in their on-demand, highly consumptive, and disposable lifestyles, most urban Americans take for granted the technologies that provide them with potable water, remove their trash, and process their wastewater. These vital services, however, are the byproduct of many decades of development by engineers, sanitarians, and civic planners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Sanitary City, Martin V. Melosi assembles a comprehensive, thoroughly researched and referenced history of sanitary services in urban America. He examines the evolution of water supply, sewage systems, and solid waste disposal during three distinct eras: The Age of Miasmas (pre-1880); The Bacteriological Revolution (1880-1945); and The New Ecology (1945 to present-day). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 2000, this abridged edition includes updated text and bibliographic materials. The Sanitary City is an essential resource for those interested in environmental history, environmental engineering, science and technology, urban studies, and public health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Perkins Marsh Prize from the American Society for Environmental History Urban History Association Prize for the best book in North American Urban History \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbel Wolman Prize from the Public Works Historical Society \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSidney Edelstein Prize from the Society for the History of Technology\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin V. Melosi\u003c\/b\u003e is Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor and founding director of the Center for Public History at the University of Houston. Melosi received the Distinguished Research Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH), and the Esther Farfel Award from the University of Houston. He has served as president of the ASEH, the National Council on Public History, the Public Works Historical Society, and the Urban History Association. Melosi has written or edited nineteen books, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Sanitary City\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eAtomic Age America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.22 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052491268320,"sku":"9780822959830","price":108.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/L4IRqM_AZ69780822959830.webp?v=1781288826","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sanitary-city-environmental-services-in-urban-america-from-colonial-times-to-the-present-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}