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Title The American cities and technology reader : wilderness to wired city / edited by Gerrylynn K. Roberts & Philip Steadman
Published London ; New York : Routledge in association with The Open University, 1999

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 W'PONDS  303.483 Rob/Aca  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Series Cities and technology series
Cities and technology series.
Contents 1. The Indian Legacy in the American Landscape / Karl W. Butzer -- 2. Spanish Legacy in the Borderlands / David Hornbeck -- 3. the Laws of the Indies / John W. Reps -- 4. St Augustine, Florida / John W. Reps -- 5. Mission, Presidio and Pueblo in California / John W. Reps -- 6. French Landscapes in North America / Cole Harris -- 7. New Orleans / John W. Reps -- 8. The Northeast and the Making of American Geographical Habits / Peirce F. Lewis -- 9. Timber Framing in Colonial America / Carl W. Condit -- 10. Masonry Construction in Colonial America / Carl W. Condit -- 11. Chicago: Nature's Metropolis / William Cronon -- 12. Comparitive Perspectives on Transit in Europe and the United States, 1850-1914 / John P. McKay -- 13. The Trolley and Suburbanization / Kenneth T. Jackson -- 14. The Revolution in Street Pavements, 1880-1942 / Clay McShane -- 15. The Decentralization of Los Angeles during the 1920s / Mark S. Foster -- 16. The Minimum House / Greg Hise -- 17. Light, Height, and Site: The Skyscraper in Chicago / Carol Willis -- 18. Decisions about Wastewater Technology; 1850-1932 / Joel Tarr -- 19. Refuse Pollution and Municipal Reform: The Waste Problem in America, 1880-1917 / Martin Melosi
20. "The Best Lighted City in the World": The Construction of a Noctural Landscape in Chicago / Mark J. Bouman -- 21. Regional Planning for the Great American Metropolis: New York between the World Wars / David A. Johnson -- 22. Transport: Maker and Breaker of Cities / Colin Clark -- 23. Order in Diversity: Community without Propinquity / Melvin W. Webber -- 24. Squaring the Circle: Can We Resolve the Clarkian Paradox? / Peter Hall -- 25. New Highways / James Martin -- 26. Telecommunications and the Changing Geographies of Knowledge Transmission in the Late 20th Century / Barney Warf --27. Cities and their Airports: Policy Formation, 1926-1952 / Paul Barrett -- 28. The Growth of the City / Ernest W. Burgess -- 29. Boston's Highway 128: High-Technology Reindustrialization / Manuel Castells and Peter Hall -- 30. The Role of Information Technology in the Planning and Development of Singapore / Kenneth E. Corey -- 31. Continuity and Change in Conceptions of the Wired City / William H. Dutton, Jay G. Blumler and Kenneth L. Kraemer
Summary "Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecommunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered: the rise of the skyscraper; the coming of the automobile age; relations between private and public transport; the development of infrastructural technologies and systems; the implications of electronic communications; and the emergence of city planning." -- Publisher' website
Notes Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying "American cities and technology" textbook
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cities and towns -- Technological innovations -- United States.
Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Urbanization -- United States -- History.
Author Steadman, Philip, 1942-
Roberts, Gerrylynn K.
Open University.
LC no. 98042028
ISBN 0415200857 hardback
0415200865 paperback
0415200849 paperback