| Description |
xxi, 431 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Creating the North American landscape
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| 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. |
| Reproduction |
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. |
| Subject |
City planning -- United States -- History.
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Cities and towns -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0801872103 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb05838 hdl |
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