The sociable city : an American intellectual tradition

The sociable city : an American intellectual tradition /

When celebrated landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted despaired in 1870 that the "restraining and confining conditions" of the city compelled its inhabitants to "look closely upon others without sympathy," he was expressing what many in the United States had already been sayi...

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Main Author: Rowan, Jamin Creed (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2017
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Arts and intellectual life in modern America.
Subjects:
City planning > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
City planning > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States > History > 19th century.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States > History > 20th century.
City and town life > United States > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century.
City and town life > United States > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century.
Public spaces > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Public spaces > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
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