Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Maps xiv
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Prologue. The Fish that Might Save Seattle 1
7. Chapter 1. All the Forces of Nature Are on Their Side The Unraveling of the Mixed World 12
8. Chapter 2. The Work Which Nature Had Left Undone Making Private Property on the Waterfront Commons 44
9. Chapter 3. The Imagination and Creative Energy of the Engineer Harnessing Nature’s Forces to Urban Progress 86
10. Chapter 4. Out of Harmony with the Wild Beauty of the Natural Woods Artistry Versus Utility in Seattle’s Olmsted Parks 119
11. Chapter 5. Above the Weary Cares of Life The Benefits and High Social Price of Outdoor Leisure 154
12. Chapter 6. Junk-Yard for Human Junk The Unnatural Ecology of Urban Poverty 180
13. Chapter 7. Death for a Tired Old River Ecological Restoration and Environmental Inequity in Postwar Seattle 203
14. Chapter 8. Masses of Self-Centered People Salmon and the Limits of Ecotopia in Emerald City 230
15. Epilogue. The Geography of Hope Toward an Ethic of Place and a City of Justice 265
16. Notes 281
17. Index 323