| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Series |
Creating the North American landscape |
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Creating the North American landscape.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
"This book by Jon A. Peterson presents a sweeping narrative history of the origins of city planning in the United States, from its nineteenth-century antecedents to its flowering in the early twentieth century. Deeply researched, well-written, and engaging, the text is supplemented by a selection of historic plans, illustrations, and photographs."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-416) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
City planning -- United States -- History
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Cities and towns -- United States -- History
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Cities and towns.
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City planning.
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Social conditions
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Stedenbouw.
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Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
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Condition sociale.
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1850-1899.
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1900-1914.
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1914-1918.
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Histoire.
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Planification urbaine.
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Urbanisme.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140515
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| Subject |
United States.
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États-Unis.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002009870 |
| ISBN |
0801872103 |
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9780801872105 |
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