| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.3

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Book Review

On the Border: An Environmental History of San Antonio. Ed. by Char Miller. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001. xii, 291 pp. $26.00, ISBN 0-8229-4163-5.)

Urban environmental historians argue that the city is a unique ecosystem. And the emerging literature attests to the legitimacy of the relationship of the city and its environment. The seminal works of Joel A. Tarr on the search for the "ultimate sink" for urban wastes along with his research on the networked city has inspired a generation of environmental historians. Likewise, Martin V. Melosi's original work on the importance of professionals in creating the urban infrastructure and the role of path dependency in decision making has shaped scholarly discourse. 1

On the Border adds to the growing body of published and pending monographs and edited volumes in recent years on the environmental history of specific cities, including St. Louis, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and Boston. Char Miller argues ambitiously that the larger goal is to establish the symbiosis between humankind and nature in the context of the south Texas landscape. The volume's eleven essays are organized into five distinct parts. . . .

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