Main entry:

Stein, Clarence S.

Title & Author:

The writings of Clarence S. Stein : architect of the planned community / edited by Kermit Carlyle Parsons.

Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Description:

xxxvi, 717 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-687) and index.
Early education in New York and Paris, 1903-1911 -- Home again: architect and civic reformer, 1911-1919 -- regional planning, community architecture, and collaboration, 1920-1929 -- Years of success and stress, 1930-1935 -- time of troubles, 1936-1939 -- the war and postwar planning, 1940-1949 -- Fulfillment and recognition, 1950-1959 -- Satisfaction, 1960-1968 -- Appendices: chronology; architectural, planning, and housing projects; biographical sketches.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

As the visionary behind the planned community in Radburn, New Jersey, Clarence Stein was heralded as one of the most progressive and controversial American architects and planners of the twentieth century. His ideas influenced well-known developments in Greenbelt and Columbia, Maryland; Reston, Virginia; and Woodlands, Texas. His collaboration with Benton MacKaye in the Regional Planning Association of America led to the building of the Appalachian Trail, America's prototypical greenway.
In The Writings of Clarence S. Stein: Architect of the Planned Community, Kermit Carlyle Parsons presents a wide-ranging selection of more than 500 annotated letters, papers, and other writings that shed light upon the personal struggles and professional achievements of this major force for change in community planning and regional design. Parsons supplements these documents with a succinct biographical introduction to Stein's life and career, 137 illustrations (including photographs, plans of Stein's work, and personal sketches), a complete list of his many projects, a bibliography of Stein's own articles and books as well as articles about him, and biographical sketches of the people mentioned in the documents.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801857562 (acid-free paper)
9780801857560 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Stein, Clarence S.
Stein, Clarence S., 1882-1975.
Stein, Clarence S. 1882-1975
City planning United States History 20th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architects United States Biography.
Urbanisme États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects.
Architecture.
City planning.
Architektur
Briefsammlung
Aufsatzsammlung
Stadsplanning.
City planning United States 20th century.
Architects United States 20th century Biography.
United States.

Form/genre:

Biography
Aufsatzsammlung.
Writings.
Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Parsons, Kermit C. (Kermit Carlyle), 1927-

Clarence S. Stein

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200788
Call No.: NA44.S819.9 S7 1998
Status: Available