The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917 / Jon A. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Jon A.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Creating the North American landscape

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--United States--History.

City planning.

Cities and towns--United States--History.

Cities and towns.

United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 431 p. ) ill., maps, ports. ;

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-416) and index.

ISBN:

9780801872105

0801872103

Publisher Number:

2027/heb05838 hdl