The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960
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The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960
The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960

The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960

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Jennifer S. Light (Author)  

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In the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the country's political life. For prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, this obsession with the agrarian past inspired a new campaign for urban reform. They called for ongoing programs of natural resource management to be extended to maintain and improve cities. Jennifer S. Light finds a new understanding of the history of urban renewal in the United States in the rise and fall of the American conservation movement. The professionals Light examines came to view America's urban landscapes as ecological communities requiring scientific management on par with forests and farms. The Nature of Cities brings together environmental and urban history to reveal how, over four decades, this ecological vision shaped the development of cities around the nation. 9 Halftones, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
Jennifer S. Light is a professor at the School of Communication and the Departments of History and Sociology at Northwestern University and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Policy Research. She is the author of From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America, also published by Johns Hopkins.
  • Contributor: Jennifer S. Light
  • Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781421413846
  • Number of Pages: 328
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x20mm
  • Packaged Weight: 612
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Release Date: 2014-05-02
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Jennifer S. Light is a professor at the School of Communication and the Departments of History and Sociology at Northwestern University and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Policy Research. She is the author of From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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