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The making of urban America, a history of city planning in the United States, by John W. Reps

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The making of urban America, a history of city planning in the United States, by John W. Reps

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-562) and index

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plansmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The making of urban America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1130801

Responsibility statement

by John W. Reps

Sub title

a history of city planning in the United States

Table Of Contents

Preface -- European planning on the eve of American colonization -- The Spanish towns of Colonial America -- The towns of New France -- Town planning in the Tidewater Colonies -- New towns in a New England -- New Amsterdam, Philadelphia, and towns of the Middle Colonies -- Colonial towns of Carolina and Georgia -- Pioneer cities of the Ohio Valley -- Planning the national capital -- Boulevard Baroque and diagonal designs -- Gridiron cities and checkerboard plans -- Cemeteries, parks, and suburbs: picturesque planning in the romantic style -- Cities for sale: land speculation in American planning -- Towns by the tracks -- The towns the companies built -- Cities of Zion: the planning of utopian and religious communities -- Minor towns and mutant plans -- Chicago Fair and capital city: the rebirth of American urban planning

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