Thomas Fisher
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780816698875
- eISBN:
- 9781452954264
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816698875.003.0010
- Subject:
- Art, Design
The chapter recounts the early history of the American public health movement, which arose in the wake of urban infrastructure design failures. Noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted led the ...
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The chapter recounts the early history of the American public health movement, which arose in the wake of urban infrastructure design failures. Noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted led the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War and drew attention to the link between good planning and good health. Since then, numerous Americans have forgotten the country’s more polluted past, and politicians feel free to demean the value of planning and parks.Less
The chapter recounts the early history of the American public health movement, which arose in the wake of urban infrastructure design failures. Noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted led the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War and drew attention to the link between good planning and good health. Since then, numerous Americans have forgotten the country’s more polluted past, and politicians feel free to demean the value of planning and parks.
