Planning the Twentieth-century American City

Planning the Twentieth-century American City
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 1226
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ISBN-10 : 0801851645
ISBN-13 : 9780801851643
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Book Synopsis Planning the Twentieth-century American City by : Mary Corbin Sies

Download or read book Planning the Twentieth-century American City written by Mary Corbin Sies and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that planning in practice is far more complicated than historians usually depict, the authors examine closely the everyday social, political, economic, ideological, bureaucratic, and environmental contexts in which planning has occurred. In so doing, they redefine the nature of planning practice, expanding the range of actors and actions that we understand to have shaped urban development.


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