The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
Arguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. Carl Smith's fascinating history reveals how the Plan defined the City Beautiful movement and was the first comprehensive attempt to reimagine a major American city. 62 halftones. 6 maps.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-226-76472-6
- EAN: 9780226764726
- Produktnummer: 2900312
- Verlag: Univ Of Chicago Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 183 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 254 g
- Gewicht: 254
Über den Autor
Carl Smith is the Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English and American Studies and professor of history at Northwestern University. He is the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, 1880-1920, and Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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