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In examining Austin's green revolution, Busch reveals how city planners produced a second nature that disrupted labor patterns, destabilized housing costs, and gutted social services for underserved black and Latino residents.--Journal of American Ethnic History An important book. . . [for] anyone interested in learning about the underexamined consequences associated with creating 'green cities.'--Journal of Southern History Andrew Busch's City in a Garden shows how the political economy interacted with physical geography to create knowledge industries instead of factories, and how that economy brought highly educated, white-collar workers to fill new jobs.--Southwestern Historical Quarterly Busch's work on Austin is an important contribution to urban environmental history, environmental justice activism, and the origins of urban sustainability. He deftly weaves together a story from a range of archival holdings, newspapers, and government planning documents to explore how Austin's political economy segregated environmental risk for the city's minority residents.--Environmental History A notable contribution to urban environmental history for its innovative application of whiteness studies, pointing the way to future examinations of how the possessive investment in whiteness has historically produced environmental inequalities and underwritten mainstream environmentalism.--Western Historical Quarterly Busch's intervention challenges readers to rethink many buzzwords of our times - from progressivism to sustainability, from green development to smart cities--as tensions and injustices highlighted here are recognizable in and provide valuable insight for dozens of other U.S. cities.--Texas Books in Review Busch's book offers important context and a focused case study to explain the enduring patterns of environmental inequalities that many cities faced in the past and that continue to frame our thinking about race, space, and environment in the present.--American Historical Review Busch awakens readers to the hidden costs of green growth for minority communities. Weaving together urban environmental history, twentieth-century urban planning, and social history, Busch masterfully chronicles the history of Austin, Texas, from the 1890s to the 1990s, as it rose to become an economic powerhouse with an environmental conscience.--Journal of Social History This is a book worth reading and an argument worth knowing. It changed my view of Austin.--The Journal of American History

A notable contribution to urban environmental history for its innovative application of whiteness studies, pointing the way to future examinations of how the 'possessive investment in whiteness' has historically produced environmental inequalities and underwritten 'mainstream' environmentalism.""--Western Historical Quarterly An important book . . . [for] anyone interested in learning about the underexamined consequences associated with creating 'green cities.'""--Journal of Southern History Andrew Busch's City in a Garden shows how the political economy interacted with physical geography to create knowledge industries instead of factories, and how that economy brought highly educated, white-collar workers to fill new jobs.""--Southwestern Historical Quarterly Busch awakens readers to the hidden costs of green growth for minority communities. Weaving together urban environmental history, twentieth-century urban planning, and social history, Busch masterfully chronicles the history of Austin, Texas, from the 1890s to the 1990s, as it rose to become an economic powerhouse with an environmental conscience.""--Journal of Social History Busch's book offers important context and a focused case study to explain the enduring patterns of environmental inequalities that many cities faced in the past and that continue to frame our thinking about race, space, and environment in the present.""--American Historical Review Busch's intervention challenges readers to rethink many buzzwords of our times--from progressivism to sustainability, from green development to smart cities--as tensions and injustices highlighted here are recognizable in and provide valuable insight for dozens of other U.S. cities.""--Texas Books in Review Busch's work on Austin is an important contribution to urban environmental history, environmental justice activism, and the origins of urban sustainability. He deftly weaves together a story from a range of archival holdings, newspapers, and government planning documents to explore how Austin's political economy segregated environmental risk for the city's minority residents.""--Environmental History In examining Austin's green revolution, Busch reveals how city planners produced a 'second nature' that disrupted labor patterns, destabilized housing costs, and gutted social services for underserved black and Latino residents.""--Journal of American Ethnic History This is a book worth reading and an argument worth knowing. It changed my view of Austin.""--The Journal of American History

This is a book worth reading and an argument worth knowing. It changed my view of Austin.--The Journal of American History Busch's work on Austin is an important contribution to urban environmental history, environmental justice activism, and the origins of urban sustainability. He deftly weaves together a story from a range of archival holdings, newspapers, and government planning documents to explore how Austin's political economy segregated environmental risk for the city's minority residents.--Environmental History Busch's intervention challenges readers to rethink many buzzwords of our times - from progressivism to sustainability, from green development to smart cities--as tensions and injustices highlighted here are recognizable in and provide valuable insight for dozens of other U.S. cities.--Texas Books in Review Busch's book offers important context and a focused case study to explain the enduring patterns of environmental inequalities that many cities faced in the past and that continue to frame our thinking about race, space, and environment in the present.--American Historical Review Busch awakens readers to the hidden costs of green growth for minority communities. Weaving together urban environmental history, twentieth-century urban planning, and social history, Busch masterfully chronicles the history of Austin, Texas, from the 1890s to the 1990s, as it rose to become an economic powerhouse with an environmental conscience.--Journal of Social History Andrew Busch's City in a Garden shows how the political economy interacted with physical geography to create knowledge industries instead of factories, and how that economy brought highly educated, white-collar workers to fill new jobs.--Southwestern Historical Quarterly A notable contribution to urban environmental history for its innovative application of whiteness studies, pointing the way to future examinations of how the possessive investment in whiteness has historically produced environmental inequalities and underwritten mainstream environmentalism.--Western Historical Quarterly An important book. . . [for] anyone interested in learning about the underexamined consequences associated with creating 'green cities.'--Journal of Southern History In examining Austin's green revolution, Busch reveals how city planners produced a second nature that disrupted labor patterns, destabilized housing costs, and gutted social services for underserved black and Latino residents.--Journal of American Ethnic History

An important book. . . [for] anyone interested in learning about the underexamined consequences associated with creating 'green cities.'--Journal of Southern History Busch's work on Austin is an important contribution to urban environmental history, environmental justice activism, and the origins of urban sustainability. He deftly weaves together a story from a range of archival holdings, newspapers, and government planning documents to explore how Austin's political economy segregated environmental risk for the city's minority residents.--Environmental History A notable contribution to urban environmental history for its innovative application of whiteness studies, pointing the way to future examinations of how the possessive investment in whiteness has historically produced environmental inequalities and underwritten mainstream environmentalism.--Western Historical Quarterly This is a book worth reading and an argument worth knowing. It changed my view of Austin.--The Journal of American History Andrew Busch's City in a Garden shows how the political economy interacted with physical geography to create knowledge industries instead of factories, and how that economy brought highly educated, white-collar workers to fill new jobs.--Southwestern Historical Quarterly Busch's book offers important context and a focused case study to explain the enduring patterns of environmental inequalities that many cities faced in the past and that continue to frame our thinking about race, space, and environment in the present.--American Historical Review Busch awakens readers to the hidden costs of green growth for minority communities. Weaving together urban environmental history, twentieth-century urban planning, and social history, Busch masterfully chronicles the history of Austin, Texas, from the 1890s to the 1990s, as it rose to become an economic powerhouse with an environmental conscience.--Journal of Social History Busch's intervention challenges readers to rethink many buzzwords of our times - from progressivism to sustainability, from green development to smart cities--as tensions and injustices highlighted here are recognizable in and provide valuable insight for dozens of other U.S. cities.--Texas Books in Review

This is a book worth reading and an argument worth knowing. It changed my view of Austin.--The Journal of American History Busch's work on Austin is an important contribution to urban environmental history, environmental justice activism, and the origins of urban sustainability. He deftly weaves together a story from a range of archival holdings, newspapers, and government planning documents to explore how Austin's political economy segregated environmental risk for the city's minority residents.--Environmental History Busch's intervention challenges readers to rethink many buzzwords of our times - from progressivism to sustainability, from green development to smart cities--as tensions and injustices highlighted here are recognizable in and provide valuable insight for dozens of other U.S. cities.--Texas Books in Review Busch's book offers important context and a focused case study to explain the enduring patterns of environmental inequalities that many cities faced in the past and that continue to frame our thinking about race, space, and environment in the present.--American Historical Review Busch awakens readers to the hidden costs of green growth for minority communities. Weaving together urban environmental history, twentieth-century urban planning, and social history, Busch masterfully chronicles the history of Austin, Texas, from the 1890s to the 1990s, as it rose to become an economic powerhouse with an environmental conscience.--Journal of Social History Andrew Busch's City in a Garden shows how the political economy interacted with physical geography to create knowledge industries instead of factories, and how that economy brought highly educated, white-collar workers to fill new jobs.--Southwestern Historical Quarterly An important book. . . [for] anyone interested in learning about the underexamined consequences associated with creating 'green cities.'--Journal of Southern History In examining Austin's green revolution, Busch reveals how city planners produced a second nature that disrupted labor patterns, destabilized housing costs, and gutted social services for underserved black and Latino residents.--Journal of American Ethnic History A notable contribution to urban environmental history for its innovative application of whiteness studies, pointing the way to future examinations of how the possessive investment in whiteness has historically produced environmental inequalities and underwritten mainstream environmentalism.--Western Historical Quarterly

Andrew Busch's City in a Garden shows how the political economy interacted with physical geography to create knowledge industries instead of factories, and how that economy brought highly educated, white-collar workers to fill new jobs.--Southwestern Historical Quarterly Busch's book offers important context and a focused case study to explain the enduring patterns of environmental inequalities that many cities faced in the past and that continue to frame our thinking about race, space, and environment in the present.--American Historical Review Busch's work on Austin is an important contribution to urban environmental history, environmental justice activism, and the origins of urban sustainability. He deftly weaves together a story from a range of archival holdings, newspapers, and government planning documents to explore how Austin's political economy segregated environmental risk for the city's minority residents.--Environmental History A notable contribution to urban environmental history for its innovative application of whiteness studies, pointing the way to future examinations of how the possessive investment in whiteness has historically produced environmental inequalities and underwritten mainstream environmentalism.--Western Historical Quarterly Busch awakens readers to the hidden costs of green growth for minority communities. Weaving together urban environmental history, twentieth-century urban planning, and social history, Busch masterfully chronicles the history of Austin, Texas, from the 1890s to the 1990s, as it rose to become an economic powerhouse with an environmental conscience.--Journal of Social History This is a book worth reading and an argument worth knowing. It changed my view of Austin.--The Journal of American History Busch's intervention challenges readers to rethink many buzzwords of our times - from progressivism to sustainability, from green development to smart cities--as tensions and injustices highlighted here are recognizable in and provide valuable insight for dozens of other U.S. cities.--Texas Books in Review

An important book. . . [for] anyone interested in learning about the underexamined consequences associated with creating 'green cities.'--Journal of Southern History Andrew Busch's City in a Garden shows how the political economy interacted with physical geography to create knowledge industries instead of factories, and how that economy brought highly educated, white-collar workers to fill new jobs.--Southwestern Historical Quarterly Busch's book offers important context and a focused case study to explain the enduring patterns of environmental inequalities that many cities faced in the past and that continue to frame our thinking about race, space, and environment in the present.--American Historical Review Busch's work on Austin is an important contribution to urban environmental history, environmental justice activism, and the origins of urban sustainability. He deftly weaves together a story from a range of archival holdings, newspapers, and government planning documents to explore how Austin's political economy segregated environmental risk for the city's minority residents.--Environmental History A notable contribution to urban environmental history for its innovative application of whiteness studies, pointing the way to future examinations of how the possessive investment in whiteness has historically produced environmental inequalities and underwritten mainstream environmentalism.--Western Historical Quarterly Busch awakens readers to the hidden costs of green growth for minority communities. Weaving together urban environmental history, twentieth-century urban planning, and social history, Busch masterfully chronicles the history of Austin, Texas, from the 1890s to the 1990s, as it rose to become an economic powerhouse with an environmental conscience.--Journal of Social History This is a book worth reading and an argument worth knowing. It changed my view of Austin.--The Journal of American History Busch's intervention challenges readers to rethink many buzzwords of our times - from progressivism to sustainability, from green development to smart cities--as tensions and injustices highlighted here are recognizable in and provide valuable insight for dozens of other U.S. cities.--Texas Books in Review

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Andrew M. Busch is senior lecturer and program director of American studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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