Another City Urban Life and Urban Spaces in the New American Republic

Name: Another City Urban Life and Urban Spaces in the New American Republic
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ISBN: 9780300124880

ISBN-10: 0300124880

ISBN-13: 9780300124880

Edition: 2008

Authors: Dell Upton

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In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, burgeoning American cities like New Orleans and Philadelphia seemed increasingly chaotic. Noise, odors, and a feverish level of activity on the streets threatened to overwhelm the senses. Growing populations placed new demands on every aspect of the urban landscape—streets, parks, schools, asylums, cemeteries, markets, waterfronts, and more. In this unique exploration of the early history of urban architecture and design, leading architectural historian Dell Upton reveals the fascinating confluence of sociological, cultural, and psychological factors that shaped American cities in the antebellum years. nbsp; Through contemporary travel accounts,…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/2/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English



Introduction



The Lived City



Cities of Perpetual Ruin and Repair



The Relics of Civilized Life



The Smell of Danger



Noise and Gabble



Seeing and Believing



Metropolitan Improvements



The Grid and the Republican Spatial Imagination



Gridding Consumption



Permutations of the Pigeonhole: Architecture as Memory



Gridding the Graveyard



Gridded utopias



Public Spaces and Private Citizens



On the Waterfront



In Public Walks


Conclusion


Abbreviations


Notes


Index


Plates follow page 278