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Book

The works : anatomy of a city

Call Number

  • 307.76 A813 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Penguin Press, 2005.

Physical Description

228 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Moving people : streets, subway, bridges & tunnels
  • Moving freight : rail freight, maritime freight, air cargo, markets
  • Power : electricity, natural gas, steam
  • Communications : telephone, moving the mail, the airwaves
  • Keeping it clean : water, sewage, garbage
  • The future.

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Added Authors

Wendy Marech