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UNINA9910467046303321 |
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Larsen Kristin E. <1962-> |
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Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / / Kristin E. Larsen |
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Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations |
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Architects - United States |
City planners - United States |
Garden cities - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Garden City Idea -- 2. Early Years And Architectural Training -- 3. A Thinkers' Network and the City Housing Corporation -- 4. The Architect as Houser -- 5. The Radburn Idea -- 6. The Regional City and Town Planning -- 7. International Initiatives and Building a Legacy -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Clarence S. Stein (1882-1975) was an architect, housing visionary, regionalist, policymaker, and colleague of some of the most influential public figures of the early to mid-twentieth century, including Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye. Kristin E. Larsen's biography of Stein comprehensively examines his built and unbuilt projects and his intellectual legacy as a proponent of the "garden city" for a modern age. This examination of Stein's life and legacy focuses on four critical themes: his collaborative ethic in envisioning policy, design, and development solutions; promotion and implementation of "investment housing;" his revolutionary approach to community design, as epitomized in the Radburn Idea; and his advocacy of communitarian |
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regionalism. His cutting-edge projects such as Sunnyside Gardens in New York City; Baldwin Hills Village in Los Angeles; and Radburn, New Jersey, his "town for the motor age," continue to inspire community designers and planners in the United States and around the world.Stein was among the first architects to integrate new design solutions and support facilities into large-scale projects intended primarily to house working-class people, and he was a cofounder of the Regional Planning Association of America. As a planner, designer, and, at times, financier of new housing developments, Stein wrestled with the challenges of creating what today we would term "livable," "walkable," and "green" communities during the ascendency of the automobile. He managed these challenges by partnering private capital with government funding, as well as by collaborating with colleagues in planning, architecture, real estate, and politics. |
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UNINA9910780077303321 |
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Levy Robert <1957-> |
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Ana Pauker : the rise and fall of a Jewish Communist / / Robert Levy |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
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©2001 |
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0-520-92508-4 |
1-59734-466-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 407 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Cabinet officers - Romania |
Communists - Romania |
Jews - Romania |
Romania Politics and government 1944-1989 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-385) and index. |
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Early Years; Chapter Two: In the Movement; Chapter Three: In Power; |
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Chapter Four: The Agriculture Secretary; Chapter Five: Party Purges; Chapter Six: Jewish Emigration; Chapter Seven: ""THe Empress's Brother""; Chapter Eight: The Purge; Epilogue; Appendix: Biographical Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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In her own day, Ana Pauker was named ""The Most Powerful Woman in the World"" by Time magazine. Today, when she is remembered at all, she is thought of as the puppet of Soviet communism in Romania, blindly enforcing the most brutal and repressive Stalinist regime. |
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