The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United StatesPrinceton University Press, 2021 M10 12 - 592 páginas This comprehensive survey of urban growth in America has become a standard work in the field. From the early colonial period to the First World War, John Reps explores to what extent city planning has been rooted in the nation's tradition, showing the extent of European influence on early communities. Illustrated by over three hundred reproductions of maps, plans, and panoramic views, this book presents hundreds of American cities and the unique factors affecting their development. |
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... French and Spanish colonial towns , its scope is generally limited to cities and towns of the continental United States . The period covered is from the beginning of European settlement to the first World War . The first half is devoted ...
... French and Spanish colonial towns , its scope is generally limited to cities and towns of the continental United States . The period covered is from the beginning of European settlement to the first World War . The first half is devoted ...
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... French , English , Dutch , and Swedish . They were not yet Americans . Their language , their dress , their political , social , and religious beliefs , and their architecture were those of their homelands . Gradually in some instances ...
... French , English , Dutch , and Swedish . They were not yet Americans . Their language , their dress , their political , social , and religious beliefs , and their architecture were those of their homelands . Gradually in some instances ...
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... French Detroit - there appears to be some direct connection between a bastide plan and that of an American town . Certain similarities in form suggest that these medieval towns may have been influential in other European colonial ...
... French Detroit - there appears to be some direct connection between a bastide plan and that of an American town . Certain similarities in form suggest that these medieval towns may have been influential in other European colonial ...
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... French colonies in the New World . Thus , by the time Champlain and his successors began to found French colonial towns , a body of knowledge concerning the new techniques of town planning was at hand . In a later chapter the extent to ...
... French colonies in the New World . Thus , by the time Champlain and his successors began to found French colonial towns , a body of knowledge concerning the new techniques of town planning was at hand . In a later chapter the extent to ...
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... French towns of the period lack the impact of Charleville but are nonetheless interesting and not without importance . Henrichemont , also planned in 1608 , owed its existence to the Duke de Sully . Sully's downfall in 1610 prevented ...
... French towns of the period lack the impact of Charleville but are nonetheless interesting and not without importance . Henrichemont , also planned in 1608 , owed its existence to the Duke de Sully . Sully's downfall in 1610 prevented ...
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THE TOWNS OF NEW FRANCE | 56 |
TOWN PLANNING IN THE TIDEWATER COLONIES | 88 |
NEW TOWNS IN A NEW ENGLAND | 115 |
NEW AMSTERDAM PHILADELPHIA AND TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES | 147 |
COLONIAL TOWNS OF CAROLINA AND GEORGIA | 175 |
PIONEER CITIES OF THE OHIO VALLEY | 204 |
LAND SPECULATION IN AMERICAN PLANNING | 349 |
TOWNS BY THE TRACKS | 382 |
THE TOWNS THE COMPANIES BUILT | 414 |
THE PLANNING OF UTOPIAN AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES | 439 |
MINOR TOWNS AND MUTANT PLANS | 475 |
THE REBIRTH OF AMERICAN URBAN PLANNING | 497 |
NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS | 527 |
NOTE ON CARTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH METHODS | 541 |
PLANNING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL | 240 |
BOULEVARD BAROQUE AND DIAGONAL DESIGNS | 263 |
GRIDIRON CITIES AND CHECKERBOARD PLANS | 294 |
PICTURESQUE PLANNING IN THE ROMANTIC STYLE | 325 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 543 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 545 |
INDEX | 563 |
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The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States John William Reps Vista previa limitada - 1965 |
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