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City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present
Harvard University Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-0-674-24644-7 | Cloth: 978-0-674-98799-9 Library of Congress Classification HT167.K74 2019 Dewey Decimal Classification 307.12160973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, Alex Krieger looks to the drama of utopian ideals. See other books on: Cities and towns | City | City planning | Contemporary (1945-) | Study & Teaching See other titles from Harvard University Press |
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City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
Harvard University Press, 2019
eISBN: 978-0-674-24644-7
Cloth: 978-0-674-98799-9
eISBN: 978-0-674-24644-7
Cloth: 978-0-674-98799-9
From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, Alex Krieger looks to the drama of utopian ideals.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
