River City and valley life [electronic resource] : an environmental history of the Sacramento region / edited by Christopher J. Castaneda and Lee M.A. Simpson.
"Often referred to as 'the Big Tomato,' Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacrament...
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Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2013]
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Series: | History of the urban environment
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River City and Valley Life: An Environmental History of the Sacramento Region |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Introduction: The Indomitable City and Its Environmental Context / Steven M. Avella
- Part I. Boomtown Sacramento
- John A. Sutter and the Indian Business / Albert L. Hurtado
- River City : Sacramento's Gold Rush Birth and Transfiguration / Kenneth N. Owens
- "We Must Give the World Confidence in the Stability and Permanence of the Place" : Planning Sacramento's Townsite, 1853-1870 / Nathan Hallam
- Railroads and the Urban Environment : Sacramento's Story / Richard J. Orsi
- Part II. Valley Reclamation
- The Perils of Agriculture in Sacramento's Untamed Hinterland / David Vaught
- Rivers of Gold, Valley of Conquest : The Business of Levees and Dams in the Capital City / Todd Holmes
- Forging Transcontinental Alliances : The Sacramento River Valley in National Drainage and Flood Control Politics, 1900-1917 / Anthony E. Carlson
- Both "Country Town" and "Bustling Metropolis" : How Boosterism, Suburbs, and Narrative Helped Shape Sacramento's Identity and Environmental Sensibilities / Paul J.P. Sandul
- Part III. Government Town
- Unseen Investment : New Deal Sacramento / Gray Brechin and Lee M.A. Simpson
- The Legacy of War : Sacramento's Military Bases / Rand Herbert
- Recalling Rancho Seco : Voicing a Nuclear Past / Christopher J. Castaneda
- Part IV. Reclaiming the Past
- Dreams, Realizations, and Nightmares : The American River Parkway's Tumultuous Life, 1915-2011 / Alfred E. Holland, Jr.
- Thunder over the Valley : Environmental Politics and Indian Gaming in California / Tanis C. Thorne
- The Invention of Old Sacramento : A Past for the Future / Lee M.A. Simpson and Lisa C. Prince
- Epilogue: Sacramento, Before and After the Gold Rush / Ty O. Smith.