Planning the capitalist city : the colonial era to the 1920s /

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Starting with the colonial period, but focusing especially on the Progressive era, Richard Foglesong offers both a narrative account and a theoretical interpretation of urban planning in the United States. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand tec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foglesong, Richard E., 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
City planning > United States > History.
Urban policy > United States > History.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
City planning.
Urban policy.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Problem of Planning
  • Colonial Town Planting
  • Early Housing Reform
  • Parks and Park Planning
  • Planning the City Beautiful
  • Roads Not Taken
  • Planning the City Practical
  • Planning and Contradiction
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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