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American urbanist : how William H. Whyte's unconventional wisdom reshaped public life / Richard K. Rein.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HT167 .R45 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rein, Richard K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whyte, William H., Jr., 1917-1999.
- Whyte, William H.
- Sociologists--United States--Biography.
- Sociologists.
- City planners.
- United States.
- City planners--United States--Biography.
- City planning.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Organizational commitment.
- Loyalty.
- Whyte, William H., Jr. 1917-1999.
- urban sociology.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "William H. Whyte's curiosity compelled him to question the status quo-whether helping to make Fortune Magazine essential reading for business leaders, warning of "groupthink" in his bestseller The Organization Man, or standing up for Jane Jacobs as she advocated for the vitality of city life and public space. This compelling biography sheds light on Whyte's bold way of thinking, ripe for rediscovery at a time when we are reshaping our communities into places of opportunity and empowerment for all citizens" -- Backcover.
- "William H. Whyte's curiosity compelled him to question the status quo--whether helping to make Fortune Magazine essential reading for business leaders, warning of "groupthink" in his bestseller The Organization Man, or standing up for Jane Jacobs as she advocated for the vitality of city life and public space. This compelling biography sheds light on Whyte's bold way of thinking, ripe for rediscovery at a time when we are reshaping our communities into places of opportunity and empowerment for all citizens" -- Backcover.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Man of Many Missions
- The Cast of Characters, from White to Whyte
- Princeton-from Rower to Writer
- Vicks and the Marines-Information to Intelligence
- Fortune Magazine-the Foundation for a Career
- Is Anybody Listening? -the High Cost of Harmony and Groupthink
- The Organization Man-More than an Epithet
- The Exploding Metropolis-Discovering Jane Jacobs
- With Laurance Rockefeller, Conservationist Turned Environmentalist
- Preserving the Last Landscape, Rural and Urban
- Organization Man to Family Man
- From Men in Suites, a Radical Plan for New York City
- Preservation Tactics in the Urban Landscape
- The Art of Small Urban Spaces
- From Small Spaces to the City: Rediscovering the Center
- Revisiting the Organization Man and Woman
- Applying Urban Principles in Suburban Places
- The Final Years
- Whyte in the Twenty-First Century-the Urban Imperative
- Whyte in the Twenty-First Century-Battling the Status Quo
- Taking Cues from Whyte's Way.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rein, Richard K. American Urbanist
- ISBN:
- 1642831700
- 9781642831702
- OCLC:
- 1249086817
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