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The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917
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Title
The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917 [electronic resource] / Jon A. Peterson.
ISBN
0801872103
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 431 p.) : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2008. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 28, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-416) and index.
Contents
Introduction : urban planning in the American past
Sanitary reform and landscape values, 1840-1890
Civic art, 1890-1900
The nation's first comprehensive city plan, 1900-1902
The origins of the city beautiful, 1897-1902
The birth of the city planning ideal, 1902-1903
The new planning ideal and the public interest, 1902-1904
The outburst of great civic schemes, 1902-1905
City beautiful planning : dreams and reality, 1905-1909
City beautiful planning : a transitional art, 1905-1909
The social progressive challenge, 1909
The birth of city planning, 1909-1910
An elusive quest, 1911-1917
Opportunistic interventionism, 1911-1917
Epilogue : American urban planning as a fragmented art.
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