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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 328
Utgivningsdatum: 2009-07-10
Upplaga: New
Utmärkelser: Commended for Society for American City and Regional Planning History Lewis Mumford Prize 2009 (United States)
Förlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Illustrationer: 9 Halftones, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensioner: 229 x 155 x 30 mm
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ISBN: 9780801891366

The Nature of Cities

Name: The Nature of Cities
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Author: Jennifer S Light
ISBN: 9780801891366

Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960

av Jennifer S Light

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009-07-10

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In the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the country's political life. For prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, this obsession with the agrarian past inspired a new campaign for urban reform. They called for ongoing programs of natural resource management to be extended to maintain and improve cities. Jennifer S. Light finds in the rise and fall of the American conservation movement a new understanding of the history of urban renewal in the United States. The professionals Light examines came to view America's urban landscapes as ecological communities requiring scientific management on par with forests and farms. The Nature of Cities brings together environmental and urban history to reveal how, over four decades, this ecological vision shaped the development of cities around the nation.

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Of interest to scholars and students of urban history, planning, geography, and sociology, as well as urban studies more generally... Highly recommended. Choice 2010 An outstanding history of how ecological concerns have shaped urban development around the country. -- James A. Cox Midwest Book Review 2009 A fascinating and suggestive account. -- Adam Rome Technology and Culture 2010 This book makes an important contribution to the study of twentieth century American cities. -- Robert Gioielli Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 2010

Jennifer S. Light is an associate professor at the School of Communication and the Departments of History and Sociology at Northwestern University and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Policy Research. She is the author of From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Acknowledgments Introduction: Revisiting American Antiurbanism 1. The City Is an Ecological Community 2. The City Is a National Resource 3. A Life Cycle Plan for Chicago 4. From Natural Law to State Law 5. A Nation of Renewable Cities Conclusion: From Ecology to System Notes Essay on Sources Index