Peterson, Jon A. <br/><br/>
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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<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-416) and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label>--History.--United States--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>City planning Cities and towns