City on a hill : urban idealism in America from the Puritans to the present / Alex Krieger.

Main entry:

Krieger, Alex, 1951- author.

Title & Author:

City on a hill : urban idealism in America from the Puritans to the present / Alex Krieger.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
©2019

Description:

xv, 438 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Dreams of a future in a new world -- Jefferson's blueprint for an egalitarian republic -- A nature's nation in the garden of the world -- Interpreting America's anti-urban bias -- The small town as an ideal: Puritan covenants to Celebration, Florida -- The company town away from town -- "Grace dwelling in it": the romance of the suburb -- Seeding settlement: homesteads, land grants, and capital seats -- Making nature urbane: Olmsted and the parks movement -- Utopians and reformers in a cauldron of urbanization -- Washington: city of magnificent intentions -- Chicago 1910: logistics utopia -- Autopia: the drive to disperse -- Communitarian journeys -- Misguided renewal: the urban clearance decades -- Walt Disney's EPCOT and the new town movement -- Fabulous and commonplace: seeking paradise in Las Vegas -- New Orleans and attachment to place -- E-topia: smart cities for the creative class -- Postscript: heading to that better place.
Massachusetts Book Awards Must-Read Book, 2020

Summary:

"From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, Alex Krieger looks to the drama of utopian ideals"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780674987999 hardcover
0674987993 hardcover

Subject:

City planning United States History.
Utopias United States History.
Cities and towns United States History.
Utopies États-Unis Histoire.
Villes États-Unis Histoire.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Utopias.
Stadtplanung
Utopie
Stadt Gesellschaft Geschichte.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306615
Call No.: BIB 252167
Status: Available

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