TY - GEN AU - Peterson, Jon A. ED - American Council of Learned Societies. TI - The birth of city planning in the United States, 1840-1917 PY - 2003/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - City planning KW - United States KW - History KW - Cities and towns KW - Social conditions KW - 1865-1918 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-416) and index; Introduction : urban planning in the American past -- Sanitary refor m and landscape values, 1840-1890 -- Civic art, 1890-1900 -- The nation 's first comprehensive city plan, 1900-1902 -- The origins of the city beautiful, 1897-1902 -- The birth of the city planning ideal, 1902-1903 -- The new planning ideal and the public interest, 1902-1904 -- The ou tburst of great civic schemes, 1902-1905 -- City beautiful planning : d reams and reality, 1905-1909 -- City beautiful planning : a transitiona l art, 1905-1909 -- The social progressive challenge, 1909 -- The birth of city planning, 1909-1910 -- An elusive quest, 1911-1917 -- Opportun istic interventionism, 1911-1917 -- Epilogue : American urban planning as a fragmented art; Electronic text and image data; Ann Arbor, Mich.; University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing; 2008; Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text; ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]); Mode of a ccess: Intranet UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.05838 ER -