| Description |
xii, 299 pages |
| Series |
Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University |
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Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies.
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| Contents |
The Modern City as a Field of Historical Study / Oscar Handlin -- The Crossroads Within the Wall / Robert S. Lopez -- The Economic Significiance of Cities / Shigeto Tsuru -- City Economics - Then and Now / Alexander Gerschenkron -- Innovation and the Industrialization of Philadelphia 1800-1850 / Sam B. Warner Jr. -- The Economics of Urbanization / Aaron Fleisher -- The Organization of Technological Innovation in Urban Environments / Richard L. Meier -- Two Stages in the Critique of the American City / Morton White -- The Idea of the City in European Thought: Voltaire to Spengler / Carl E. Schorske -- Boosters, Intellectuals, and the American City / Frank Freidel -- The City as the Idea of Social Order / Sylvia L. Thrupp -- The Death of the City: A Frightened Look at Postcivilization / Kenneth E. Boulding -- Implications of Modern City Growth / Denis W. Brogan -- Urban Forms / John Summerson -- Proprietary Philadelphia as Artifact / Anthony N.B. Garvan -- The Form of the Modern Metropolis / Walter L. Creese -- The Visible Character of the City / Henry Millon -- The Customary and the Characteristic: A Note on the Pursuit of City Planning History / Christopher Tunnard -- Urbanization and Social Change; on Broadening the Scope and Relevance of Urban History / Eric E. Lampard -- The Building Blocks of Urban History / Frederick Gutheim & Atlee E. Shidler -- Conclusion |
| Notes |
Bibliography pp.270-290 |
| Bibliography |
"A selection of works relating to the history of cities": pages 270-290 |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- History.
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Cities and towns.
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Sociology, Urban.
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| Author |
Handlin, O
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Joint Center for Urban Studies.
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| LC no. |
63018004 |
| ISBN |
0262580063 |
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