The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917 / Jon A. Peterson.
- Peterson, Jon A
- Date:
- 2003
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Physical description
xxi, 431 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm.
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-416) and index.
Reproduction note
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.