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pt. I. The age of miasmas : from colonial times to 1880
1. Sanitation practices in pre-Chadwickian America
2. Bringing the serpent's tail into the serpent's mouth : Edwin Chadwick and the sanitary idea" in England
3. The "sanitary idea" crosses the Atlantic
4. Pure and plentiful : from protosystems to modern waterworks, 1830-1880
5. Subterranean networks : wastewater systems as works in progress, 1830-1880
pt. II . The bacteriological revolution, 1880-1945
6. On the cusp of the new public health : bacteriology, environmental sanitation, and the quest for permanence, 1880-1920
7. Water supply as a municipal enterprise, 1880-1920
8. Battles at both ends of the pipe : sewerage systems and the new health paradigm, 1880-1920
9. The third pillar of sanitary services : the rise of public refuse management, 1880-1920
10. The Great Depression, World War II, and public works, 1920-1945
11. Water supply as a national issue : the federal government, expansion of service, and the threat of pollution, 1920-1945
12. Sewerage, treatment, and the "broadening viewpoint," 1920-1945
13. The "orphan child of sanitary engineering" : refuse collection and disposal, 1920-1945
pt. III . The new ecology, 1945-2000s
14. The challenge of suburban sprawl and the "urban crisis" in the age of ecology, 1945-1970
15. A time of unease : the "water crisis" in an effluent society, 1945-1970
16. Beyond their limits : decaying sewers, overflows, and foaming plants, 1945-1970
17. Solid waste as "third pollution," 1945-1970
18. From Earth Day to infrastructure crisis : forces shaping the new sanitary city
19. Beyond broken pipes and tired treatment plants : water supply, wastewater, and pollution since 1970
20. Out of state, out of mind : the garbage crisis in America
Epilogue.
1. Sanitation practices in pre-Chadwickian America
2. Bringing the serpent's tail into the serpent's mouth : Edwin Chadwick and the sanitary idea" in England
3. The "sanitary idea" crosses the Atlantic
4. Pure and plentiful : from protosystems to modern waterworks, 1830-1880
5. Subterranean networks : wastewater systems as works in progress, 1830-1880
pt. II . The bacteriological revolution, 1880-1945
6. On the cusp of the new public health : bacteriology, environmental sanitation, and the quest for permanence, 1880-1920
7. Water supply as a municipal enterprise, 1880-1920
8. Battles at both ends of the pipe : sewerage systems and the new health paradigm, 1880-1920
9. The third pillar of sanitary services : the rise of public refuse management, 1880-1920
10. The Great Depression, World War II, and public works, 1920-1945
11. Water supply as a national issue : the federal government, expansion of service, and the threat of pollution, 1920-1945
12. Sewerage, treatment, and the "broadening viewpoint," 1920-1945
13. The "orphan child of sanitary engineering" : refuse collection and disposal, 1920-1945
pt. III . The new ecology, 1945-2000s
14. The challenge of suburban sprawl and the "urban crisis" in the age of ecology, 1945-1970
15. A time of unease : the "water crisis" in an effluent society, 1945-1970
16. Beyond their limits : decaying sewers, overflows, and foaming plants, 1945-1970
17. Solid waste as "third pollution," 1945-1970
18. From Earth Day to infrastructure crisis : forces shaping the new sanitary city
19. Beyond broken pipes and tired treatment plants : water supply, wastewater, and pollution since 1970
20. Out of state, out of mind : the garbage crisis in America
Epilogue.