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Book Synopsis
Peter Hall s seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it.

Table of Contents

List of Figures ix

Preface to the Fourth Edition xii

Preface to the Third Edition xiii

Preface to the First Edition xv

1 Cities of Imagination 1
Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880–1987

2 The City of Dreadful Night 12
Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1880–1900

3 The City of By-Pass Variegated 49
The Mass Transit Suburb: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900–1940

4 The City in the Garden 90
The Garden-City Solution: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900–1940

5 The City in the Region 149
The Birth of Regional Planning: Edinburgh, New York, London, 1900–1940

6 The City of Monuments 202
The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin, Moscow, 1900–1945

7 The City of Towers 237
The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris, Chandigarh, Brasília, London, St Louis, 1920–1970

8 The City of Sweat Equity 291
The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh, Indore, Lima, Berkeley, Macclesfield, 1890–1987

9 The City on the Highway 325
The Automobile Suburb: Long Island, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Paris, 1930–1987

10 The City of Theory 385
Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia, Manchester, California, Paris, 1955–1987

11 The City of Enterprise 414
Planning Turned Upside Down: Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, 1975–2000

12 The City of the Tarnished Belle Époque 443
Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York, London, Tokyo, 1990–2010

13 The City of the Permanent Underclass 485
The Enduring Slum: Chicago, St Louis, London, 1920–2011

Bibliography 529

Index 608

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/05/2014
      ISBN13: 9781118456477, 978-1118456477
      ISBN10: 1118456475

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Peter Hall s seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it.

      Table of Contents

      List of Figures ix

      Preface to the Fourth Edition xii

      Preface to the Third Edition xiii

      Preface to the First Edition xv

      1 Cities of Imagination 1
      Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880–1987

      2 The City of Dreadful Night 12
      Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1880–1900

      3 The City of By-Pass Variegated 49
      The Mass Transit Suburb: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900–1940

      4 The City in the Garden 90
      The Garden-City Solution: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900–1940

      5 The City in the Region 149
      The Birth of Regional Planning: Edinburgh, New York, London, 1900–1940

      6 The City of Monuments 202
      The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin, Moscow, 1900–1945

      7 The City of Towers 237
      The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris, Chandigarh, Brasília, London, St Louis, 1920–1970

      8 The City of Sweat Equity 291
      The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh, Indore, Lima, Berkeley, Macclesfield, 1890–1987

      9 The City on the Highway 325
      The Automobile Suburb: Long Island, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Paris, 1930–1987

      10 The City of Theory 385
      Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia, Manchester, California, Paris, 1955–1987

      11 The City of Enterprise 414
      Planning Turned Upside Down: Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, 1975–2000

      12 The City of the Tarnished Belle Époque 443
      Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York, London, Tokyo, 1990–2010

      13 The City of the Permanent Underclass 485
      The Enduring Slum: Chicago, St Louis, London, 1920–2011

      Bibliography 529

      Index 608

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