American Urbanist : How William H. Whyte's Unconventional Wisdom Reshaped Public Life
| American Urbanist : How William H. Whyte's Unconventional Wisdom Reshaped Public Life |
| Autore | Rein Richard K |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D. C. : , : Island Press, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 pages) |
| Disciplina | 307.76092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociologists - United States
City planners - United States City planning Sociology, Urban Organizational commitment Loyalty Sociologues - États-Unis Urbanistes - États-Unis Sociologie urbaine Appartenance à l'entreprise Loyauté urban sociology HISTORY / Social History Sociologists |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Biography
Biographies. |
| ISBN |
9781642831719
1642831719 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: A Man of Many Missions -- The Cast of Characters, from White to Whyte -- Princeton-from Rower to Writer -- Vicks and the Marines-Information to Intelligence -- Fortune Magazine-the Foundation for a Career -- Is Anybody Listening? -the High Cost of Harmony and Groupthink -- The Organization Man-More than an Epithet -- The Exploding Metropolis-Discovering Jane Jacobs -- With Laurance Rockefeller, Conservationist Turned Environmentalist -- Preserving the Last Landscape, Rural and Urban -- Organization Man to Family Man -- From Men in Suites, a Radical Plan for New York City -- Preservation Tactics in the Urban Landscape -- The Art of Small Urban Spaces -- From Small Spaces to the City: Rediscovering the Center -- Revisiting the Organization Man and Woman -- Applying Urban Principles in Suburban Places -- The Final Years -- Whyte in the Twenty-First Century-the Urban Imperative -- Whyte in the Twenty-First Century-Battling the Status Quo -- Taking Cues from Whyte's Way. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910985634903321 |
Rein Richard K
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| Washington, D. C. : , : Island Press, , 2022 | ||
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Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / / Kristin E. Larsen
| Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / / Kristin E. Larsen |
| Autore | Larsen Kristin E. <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 720.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Architects - United States
City planners - United States Garden cities - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-5017-0614-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467046303321 |
Larsen Kristin E. <1962->
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| Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 | ||
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Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / / Kristin E. Larsen
| Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / / Kristin E. Larsen |
| Autore | Larsen Kristin E. <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 720.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Architects - United States
City planners - United States Garden cities - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-5017-0614-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796026403321 |
Larsen Kristin E. <1962->
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| Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 | ||
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Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / / Kristin E. Larsen
| Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / / Kristin E. Larsen |
| Autore | Larsen Kristin E. <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 720.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Architects - United States
City planners - United States Garden cities - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-5017-0614-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829189603321 |
Larsen Kristin E. <1962->
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| Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 | ||
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John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner / / R. Bruce Stephenson
| John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner / / R. Bruce Stephenson |
| Autore | Stephenson R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Library of American Landscape History, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 711/.4092 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planners - United States
Landscape architects - United States City planning - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61376-303-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466905403321 |
Stephenson R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), <1955->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Library of American Landscape History, , 2015 | ||
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John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner / / R. Bruce Stephenson
| John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner / / R. Bruce Stephenson |
| Autore | Stephenson R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Library of American Landscape History, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 711/.4092 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planners - United States
Landscape architects - United States City planning - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61376-303-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796114303321 |
Stephenson R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), <1955->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Library of American Landscape History, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner / / R. Bruce Stephenson
| John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner / / R. Bruce Stephenson |
| Autore | Stephenson R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Library of American Landscape History, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 711/.4092 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planners - United States
Landscape architects - United States City planning - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61376-303-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817912803321 |
Stephenson R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), <1955->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Library of American Landscape History, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes : the correspondence / / edited and introduced by Frank G. Novak, Jr
| Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes : the correspondence / / edited and introduced by Frank G. Novak, Jr |
| Autore | Mumford Lewis <1895-1990., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
| Disciplina |
711.4/092/2
711.40922 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GeddesPatrick, Sir, <1854-1932.>
NovakFrank G. <1949-> |
| Soggetto topico |
City planners - United States
City planners - Great Britain Architects - United States Sociologists - Great Britain Social reformers - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-415-75648-0
0-415-11906-5 0-203-43047-6 1-134-81378-3 1-134-81379-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; A Note on the Text; Patrick Geddes: A Chronology; Lewis Mumford: A Chronology; Introduction: Master and Disciple; The Correspondents; Discovery; Invitations to Collaboration; Together in New York, 1923; The Tragedy of the Relationship; Geddes' Influence on Mumford; Mumford's Criticism of Geddes; The Commemorated Geddes; Notes; 1915-1919; THE CORRESPONDENCE; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; Appendices; Appendix 1 Note written after visit with Geddes in Edinburgh
Appendix 2 "The Disciple's Rebellion"Appendix 3 ""The Geddesian Gambit""; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458828403321 |
Mumford Lewis <1895-1990., >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 | ||
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Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes : the correspondence / / edited and introduced by Frank G. Novak, Jr
| Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes : the correspondence / / edited and introduced by Frank G. Novak, Jr |
| Autore | Mumford Lewis <1895-1990., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
| Disciplina |
711.4/092/2
711.40922 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GeddesPatrick, Sir, <1854-1932.>
NovakFrank G. <1949-> |
| Soggetto topico |
City planners - United States
City planners - Great Britain Architects - United States Sociologists - Great Britain Social reformers - United States |
| ISBN |
0-415-75648-0
0-415-11906-5 0-203-43047-6 1-134-81378-3 1-134-81379-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; A Note on the Text; Patrick Geddes: A Chronology; Lewis Mumford: A Chronology; Introduction: Master and Disciple; The Correspondents; Discovery; Invitations to Collaboration; Together in New York, 1923; The Tragedy of the Relationship; Geddes' Influence on Mumford; Mumford's Criticism of Geddes; The Commemorated Geddes; Notes; 1915-1919; THE CORRESPONDENCE; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; Appendices; Appendix 1 Note written after visit with Geddes in Edinburgh
Appendix 2 "The Disciple's Rebellion"Appendix 3 ""The Geddesian Gambit""; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790921103321 |
Mumford Lewis <1895-1990., >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 | ||
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