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Author Worley, William S

Title J.C. Nichols and the shaping of Kansas City : innovation in planned residential communities / William S. Worley
Edition 1st pbk. print
Published Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 324 pages) : illustrations
Contents Preface; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Prototypes; 2. The City of Kansas; 3. The Country Club District; 4. The Planning of an American Residential Community; 5. The Protection of the 1,000 Acres Restricted; 6. The Essence of Planning for Permanence: The Homeowners' Associations; 7. Nichols and the Homebuilding Industry; 8. The Heart of the Planned Subdivision: The Shopping Center; 9. Advertising or Spirit Building? : Community Features in a Planned Subdivision; 10. J.C. Nichols: The Man and the Myth; Bibliography; Index
Notes Originally published as hbk.: ©1990
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-318) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nichols, Jesse Clyde
SUBJECT Nichols, Jesse Clyde fast
Subject Urbanization -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 20th century
Planned communities -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 20th century
Real estate developers -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Biography
Real estate development -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 20th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
Planned communities
Real estate developers
Real estate development
Urbanization
Missouri -- Kansas City
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826273093
0826273092