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This volume offers the core writings of William H. Whyte, great observer of the American postwar scene. Included are selections from "The Organization Man", "The Last Landscape" and "City: Rediscovering the Center", as well as many of Whyte's articles from "Fortune" magazine.

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"LaFarge has pulled together a first rate collection of modern American social criticism." -Library Journal "Whyte was, essentially, a scientist of the street-one of the first, which is amazing when you think of how long streets existed before he came along. His work has been used to make public spaces better and more useful to citizens, which in turn has made cities better." -- -Paco Underhill author of Why We Buy

The Essential William H. Whyte

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2000
      ISBN13: 9780823220267, 978-0823220267
      ISBN10: 0823220265
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      Book Synopsis
      This volume offers the core writings of William H. Whyte, great observer of the American postwar scene. Included are selections from "The Organization Man", "The Last Landscape" and "City: Rediscovering the Center", as well as many of Whyte's articles from "Fortune" magazine.

      Trade Review
      "LaFarge has pulled together a first rate collection of modern American social criticism." -Library Journal "Whyte was, essentially, a scientist of the street-one of the first, which is amazing when you think of how long streets existed before he came along. His work has been used to make public spaces better and more useful to citizens, which in turn has made cities better." -- -Paco Underhill author of Why We Buy

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