The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917
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The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917
（Creating the North American landscape）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-416) and index
Contents of Works
- 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
- Elusive quest, 1911-1917
- Opportunistic interventionism, 1911-1917
- Epilogue and conclusion : American urban planning as a fragmented art
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This long-awaited book by Jon A. Peterson presents a sweeping narrative history of the origins of city planning in the United States, from its nineteenth-century antecedents to its flowering in the early twentieth century. Deeply researched, well-written, and engaging, the text is supplemented by an outstanding selection of historic plans, illustrations, and photographs. Topics covered in detail include the McMillan Plan for Washington, D.C. (the first comprehensive plan for an American city), the City Beautiful movement, the major planners-Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles Mulford Robinson, John Nolen, and others-who led the planning movement; the ascendancy of a generalist approach to the shaping of the physical city, the role of the Progressive Era reform, and the emergence of city planning as a novel field of public endeavor. This book will appeal to students and scholars in urban studies, community planning, American history (the Guilded Age and Progressive Era), American studies, architectural and landscape history, as well as environmental and planning history, including practicing professionals in related fields.
Table of Contents
Contents: 1 Introduction: Urban Planning in the American PastPART I Antecedents of City Planning 2 Sanitary Reform and Landscape Values, 1840-1900 3 Civic Art, 1890-1900PART II The Birth of an Ideal 4 Tha Nation's First Comprehensive City Plan, 1900-1902 5 The Origins of the City Beautiful, 1897-1902 6 The Birth of the City Planning Ideal, 1902-1903 7 The New Planning Ideal and the Public Interest, 1902-1904 8 The Outburst of Great Civic Schemes, 1902-1905PART III The Pioneer Planners and Their Plans 9 City Beautiful Planning: Dreams and Reality, 1905-1909 10 City Beautiful Planning: A Transistional Art, 1905-1909PART IV A New Field of Public Endeavor 11 The Social Progressive Challenge, 1909 12 The Birth of City Planning, 1909-1910 PART V The Problem of Workability 13 An Elusive Quest, 1911-1917 14 Opportunistic Interventionism, 1911-1917 15 Epilogue: American Urban Planning as a Fragmented Art
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