Planning the Capitalist City : : The Colonial Era to the 1920s / / Richard E. Foglesong.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Foglesong, Richard E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 106
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; One. The Problem Of Planning --; Two. Colonial Town Planting --; Three. Early Housing Reform --; Four. Parks And Park Planning --; Five. Planning The City Beautiful --; Six. Roads Not Taken --; Seven. Planning The City Practical --; Eight. Planning And Contradiction --; Bibliography --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400854509; 9783110413441; 9783110413519; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400854509
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard E. Foglesong.

Starting with the colonial period, but focusing especially on the Progressive era, Richard Foglesong offers both a narrative account and a theoretical interpretation of urban planning in the United States.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.