City Beautiful Movement

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

Av William H. Wilson, Jr. Wilson, William H., William H. Jr. Wilson

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Critics of the turn-of-the-century's City Beautiful Movement denounced its projects-broad, tree-lined boulevards and monumental but low-lying civic buildings-as grandiose and unnecessary. In this masterful analysis, William H. Wilson sees the movement as its founders did: as an exercise in participatory politics aimed at changing the way citizens thought about cities.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum1994-10-27
  • Mått178 x 254 x 20 mm
  • Vikt794 g
  • FormatHäftad
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieCreating the North American Landscape
  • Antal sidor384
  • FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
  • ISBN9780801849787
  • UtmärkelserWinner of Society for American City and Regional Planning History Lewis Mumford Prize 1990 (United States)