Shaping American democracy : landscapes and urban design

By:

Roulier, Scott M

Publication details: Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan 2018Description: ix,237pISBN:

9783319688091

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

711.40973 ROU

Contents:

Contents 1 American Democracy and Its Spaces: An Introduction 1 Part I Primary Landscapes 25 2 American Pastoral: Jefferson's Agrarian Republic 27 3 Democracy Gone Wtld: Thoreau and the Wilderness Tradition 47 Part II Rival Democratic Designs 73 4 Olmsted's Public Parks: Civic-Spirited Design 75 5 Democracy and Individuality: Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacres and the Burbs 105 Part III Modernism: Promise, Problems and New Prescriptions 133 6 Democratic Ambivalence: Robert Moses and Modernist Urban Planning 135 7 Democracy and Civic Ecology: New Urbanism 157 Part IV Design Portfolios: A Juried Competition 179 8 Democratic Designs: A Multipronged•Assessment 181 9 Conclusion 221 Index 233

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Contents
1 American Democracy and Its Spaces: An Introduction 1
Part I Primary Landscapes 25
2 American Pastoral: Jefferson's Agrarian Republic 27
3 Democracy Gone Wtld: Thoreau and the Wilderness Tradition 47
Part II Rival Democratic Designs 73
4 Olmsted's Public Parks: Civic-Spirited Design 75
5 Democracy and Individuality: Frank Lloyd Wright's
Broadacres and the Burbs 105
Part III Modernism: Promise, Problems
and New Prescriptions 133
6 Democratic Ambivalence: Robert Moses
and Modernist Urban Planning 135
7 Democracy and Civic Ecology: New Urbanism 157
Part IV Design Portfolios: A Juried Competition 179
8 Democratic Designs: A Multipronged•Assessment 181
9 Conclusion 221
Index 233

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