The mysteries of the great city : the politics of urban design, 1877-1937 /

The Mysteries of the Great City examines the physical, cultural, and political transformations of the American city between the Gilded Age and the New Deal. Focusing on New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati, John Fairfield demonstrates that these transformations before and after the advent of city plann...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fairfield, John D., 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [1993]
Colección:Urban life and urban landscape series.
Temas:
City planning > United States > History.
Cities and towns > United States > Growth > History.
Urbanization > United States.
Villes > États-Unis > Croissance > Histoire.
Urbanisation > États-Unis.
Cities and towns > Growth
City planning
Urbanization
Stadtentwicklung
Stedenbouw.
Steden.
Planejamento territorial urbano (historia)
Cidade (sociologia)
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An urban republic: Frederick Olmsted, Henry George, and the city building debate
  • The political economy of suburbanization and the politics of space
  • From rapid transit to city planning: social efficiency and the new urban discipline
  • The professionalization of city planning and the scientific management of urban space
  • An urban sociology: Robert E. Park and the realistic tradition
  • The alienation of social control: the Chicago sociologists and the origins of urban planning
  • Urbanism as a way of life: the paradox of professional planning.

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