Main street revisited : time, space, and image building in small-town America / Richard V. Francaviglia ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francaviglia, Richard V., author.

Series:

American land and life series.

The American land & life series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--United States.

City planning.

City planning--United States--Maps.

City planning--United States--Pictorial works.

City and town life--United States.

City and town life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [1996]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As an archetype for an entire class of places, Main Street has become one of America's most popular and idealized images. In Main Street Revisited, the first book to place the design of small downtowns in spatial and chronological context, Richard Francaviglia finds the sources of romanticized images of this archetype, including Walt Disney's Main Street USA, in towns as diverse as Marceline, Missouri, and Fort Collins, Colorado. Francaviglia interprets Main Street both as a real place and as an expression of collective assumptions, designs, and myths; his Main Streets are treasure troves of

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword - Wayne Franklin

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section 1. Time and Main Street: The Origins and Evolution of an Image

Section 2. Space and Main Street: Toward a Spatial and Regional Identity

Section 3. Image Building and Main Street: The Shaping of a Popular American Icon

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-216) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781587290718

1587290715

OCLC:

44961477