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The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920–1960
Jennifer S. Light
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Description for The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920–1960
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12, 3 black & white line drawings, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSG; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891366
SKU
V9780801891366
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About Jennifer S. Light
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.
Reviews for The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920–1960
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 ... Read more
James A. Cox Midwest Book Review 2009 A fascinating and suggestive account.
Adam Rome Technology and Culture 2010 This book ... Read more