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Concrete and Clay

Paperback • 2003 • English

Concrete and Clay

By Matthew Gandy

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About the book

In this innovative account of the urbanization of nature in New York City, Matthew Gandy explores how the raw materials of nature have been reworked to produce a "metropolitan nature" distinct from the forms of nature experienced by early settlers. The book traces five broad developments: the expansion and redefinition of public space, the construction of landscaped highways, the creation of a modern water supply system, the radical environmental politics of the barrio in the late 1960s and earl...Show more

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ISBN

9780262572163

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

Concrete and Clay

Format

Paperback

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