Bøger af Sarah S. Elkind

Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over federal politics.

A comparative history of how Boston and Oakland solved their water shortage problems at the end of the 19th century. It looks at the transformation of the cities, their natural surroundings and politics, applying urban history to environmental concerns and environmental history to urban problems.