The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917 [electronic resource] /

Peterson, Jon A.

The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917 [electronic resource] / Jon A. Peterson. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. - xxi, 431 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm. - Creating the North American landscape . - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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

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.



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

City planning Cities and towns