City on a hill : urban idealism in America from the Puritans to the present /

From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, A...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Krieger, Alex, 1951- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2019]
Sujets:
City planning > United States > History.
Utopias > United States > History.
Cities and towns > United States > History.
Utopies > États-Unis > Histoire.
Villes > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY / United States / General
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Utopias.
Stadtplanung.
Utopie.
Stadt > Gesellschaft > Geschichte.
United States.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, Alex Krieger looks to the drama of utopian ideals.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xv, 438 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of color plates) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674246447
0674246446
9780674987999
0674987993

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