American Urban Form
A Representative History
$44.29
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2013
Summary
An illustrated history of the American city’s evolution from sparsely populated village to regional metropolis.American Urban Form-the spaces, places, and boundaries that define city life-has been evolving since the first settlements of colonial days. The changing patterns of houses, buildings, streets, parks, pipes and wires, wharves, railroads, highways, and airports reflect changing patterns of the social, political, and economic processes that shape the city. In this book, Sam Bass Warner…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262525329 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262525321 |
| Author: | Andrew Whittemore, Sam Bass Warner Jr. |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 165mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Urban and Industrial Environments |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“In this illuminating book, Warner and Whittemore have teamed to produce a richlyvisual, extraordinarily conceptual view of urbanization in the US.”– J.F.Bauman , Choice
In this illuminating book, Warner and Whittemore have teamed to produce a richly visual, extraordinarily conceptual view of urbanization in the US.
—Choice…American Urban Form stands out as a concise narration of the various dynamics that shaped the physical form of the American metropolis…The book is highly engaging in its technical descriptions, which are supported by excellent hand drawings by Whittemore.
—Garyfalia Palaiologou, The Journal of Space SyntaxAbout The Author
Andrew Whittemore
Sam Bass Warner, noted urban historian and Visiting Professor of Urban History at MIT, is the author of The Urban Wilderness- A History of the American City and other books.Andrew H. Whittemore is Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Texas Arlington.Andrew H. Whittemore is Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Texas Arlington.
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