Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century /

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It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. An aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, and a perception that the city was the place where ""big government"" first took r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conn, Steven (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Urban renewal > United States > History.
Urbanization > United States > History.
Decentralization in government > United States > History.
Urbanization.
Decentralization in government > United States.
Rénovation urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire.
Urbanisation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Urbanisation.
urbanization.
Decentralization in government
Urban renewal
Urbanization
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Americans Against the City
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The American Urban Paradox
  • 1 Anti-Urbanism: An American Tradition
  • 2 Americaâ€?s Urban Moment Arrives
  • 3 The Center Should Not Hold: Decentralizing the City in the 1920s and â€?30s
  • 4 New Deal, New Towns: The Anti-Urban New Deal
  • 5 Looking for Alternatives to the City: The Past and the Folk
  • 6 The Center Did Not Hold: The City in the Age of Urban Renewal
  • 7 The Triumph of the Decentralized City
  • 8 Small Town, New Town, Commune
  • 9 New Communities, New UrbanismsAfterword: Urbanism as a Way of Life
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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