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Kaika, Maria.

City of Flows : Modernity, Nature, and the City. - Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012. - 1 online resource (212 pages)

Cover; CITY OF FLOWS: MODERNITY, NATURE, AND THE CITY; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I; CHAPTER 1 Preface: Visions of Modernization; CHAPTER 2 The Urbanization of Nature; CHAPTER 3 The Phantasmagoria of the Modernist Dream; CHAPTER 4 Nature as the Urban Uncanny; Part II; CHAPTER 5 Awesome Nature: Modernizing as an Archaeological Project; CHAPTER 6 Tamed Nature: Late 19th and Early 20th Century; CHAPTER 7 Late 20th Century: Tamed Nature as a Source of Crisis; Epilogue; Endnotes; Index.

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

ISBN: 9780203826928 (electronic bk.) 0203826922 (electronic bk.) 9781136797668 (electronic bk.) 1136797661 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urbanization.
Nature and civilization.
Municipal water supply.
Urbanisation.
Nature et civilisation.
Eau--Approvisionnement urbain.
urbanization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--City Planning & Urban Development.
Municipal water supply.
Nature and civilization.
Urbanization.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HT361 HT361 .K35

Dewey Class. No.: 307.76