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The intellectual versus the city: From Thomas Jefferson to Frank Lloyd Wright
Extract from the 'Opening Theme':
...[E]nthusiasm for the American city has not been typical or predominant in our intellectual history. Fear has been the more common reaction. For a variety of reasons our most celebrated thinkers have expressed…
The invention of Brownstone Brooklyn
Abstract from the publisher : The gentrification of Brooklyn has been one of the most striking developments in recent urban history. Considered one of the city's most notorious industrial slums in the 1940s and 1950s, Brownstone Brooklyn by the…
The just city
Abstract from the publisher : For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused…
The language of towns and cities : A visual dictionary
Abstract from the publisher : The final word on the language of urban planning and design. The Language of Towns & Cities is a landmark publication that clarifies the language by which we talk about urban planning and design. Everyday words…
The liberal monument : Urban design and the late modern project
Abstract from the publisher : Architect Alexander D'Hooghe believes urban design has lost its way. Once among the most articulate and avant-garde of disciplines, the field now lacks, he suggests, the confidence necessary to address its most…
The literary atlas of Cairo : One hundred years on the streets of the city
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Readings from literary works that re-construct and re-map the city of Cairo.
Bringing together writings by Egyptians, Arabs, men and women, Muslims, Copts, and Jews, this rich selection maps out many of the changes in…
The London journal (Vol. 34, No. 1)
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The scope of The London Journal is broad, embracing all aspects of metropolitan society past and present, including comparative studies. The Journal is multi-disciplinary and is intended to interest all concerned with…
The London Plan 2000 - 2010 : A decade of transformation. City, culture and society (Vol. 1, No. 2)
From the editorial by Robert Tavenor : The urban development of London, the capital city and powerhouse of the UK's wealth, does not result from a comprehensive unified vision, political, social or economic. It is instead a city of many distinctive…
The lost dream : Businessmen and city planning on the Pacific coast, 1890 - 1920
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Mansel Blackford’s The Lost Dream explores the history of city planning in five Pacific Coast cities—Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles—during the Progressive Era. Although…