The city as campus [electronic resource] : urbanism and higher education in Chicago / Sharon Haar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haar, Sharon, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college--Illinois--Chicago.

Community and college.

Universities and colleges--Illinois--Chicago.

Universities and colleges.

Architecture and society--Illinois--Chicago.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We are witnessing an explosion of universities and campuses nationwide, and urban schools play an important role in shaping the cities outside their walls. In The City as Campus , Sharon Haar uses Chicago as a case study to examine how universities interact with their urban contexts, demonstrating how higher education became integrated with ideas of urban growth as schools evolved alongside the city. The City as Campus shows the strain of this integration, detailing historical accounts of battles over space as campus designers faced the challenge of weaving the social, spatial, and architectur

Contents:

Introduction

New institutions for a new environment : pedagogical space in the progressive city

City as laboratory : Hull-House and the rise of the Chicago School

Modern city, modern campus : institutional expansion and urban renewal in the postwar era

Classrooms off the expressway : a new mission for higher education

"Model of the modern urban university" : the new spatial form of the Chicago Circle campus

Campus revolt : the reform of the commuter university

City as campus : university space in the global city

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4652-3

0-8166-7513-9

OCLC:

711004303