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Zusatztext The full and fascinating story of the Englishwoman who! at one time or another! connects with almost every strand of twentieth-century global urbanism. Michael Hebbert! Manchester University! UK Jacqueline Tyrwhitt's previously underappreciated influence on city and regional planning in the US and UK! as well as her role in the global exchange of ideas about urban design! has finally achieved appropriate recognition. In this fascinating biography! Ellen Shoshkes chronicles the life and ideas of this remarkable woman and places her in the context of the social and political transformations of her times. Susan S. Fainstein! Harvard University! USA 'One of the great strengths of the book is that the author painstakingly recreates the web of personal contacts! acquaintanceships! and chance encounters through which Tyrwhitt's life and involvement in the history of twentieth-century planning unfolded'. Planning Perspectives 'In writing this book! Ellen Shoshkes has not only provided a fascinating picture of the lifework of an unsung hero of urban planning and! by extension! practical utopian thought; she has also cataloged in detail some of the reasons why it is so vitally important to proactively make better places and many of the often neglected tools that make this possible. In this respect this biography should be of interest to historians and practitioners alike'. Utopian Studies Informationen zum Autor Authored by Shoshkes, Ellen Klappentext Jaqueline Tyrwhitt! a British town planner! editor! and educator who was at the center of the group of people who shaped the postwar Modern Movement played a central role in Twentieth Century design history and yet her contributions to planning and urban design education and practice! mapping! CIAM discourse are largely unacknowledged. Zusammenfassung Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, a British town planner, editor, and educator who was at the center of the group of people who shaped the postwar Modern Movement played a central role in Twentieth Century design history and yet her contributions to planning and urban design education and practice, mapping, CIAM discourse are largely unacknowledged. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I 1905–1940; Chapter 1 Foundations; Chapter 2 New Landscape, New Society; Chapter 3 Studying Regional and Town Planning; Chapter 4 Serving on the Land; Part II 1941–1945; Chapter 5 Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction; Chapter 6 Composite Mind: Planning for Post-war Reconstruction; Chapter 7 Training Planners for Post-war Reconstruction; Part III 1945–1949; Chapter 8 Trans-Atlantic Shift; Chapter 9 Geddes as a Guide; Chapter 10 Trans-Atlantic Post-war Planning; Part IV 1949–1956; Chapter 11 Planning for Real and Ideal Cities; Chapter 12 The Core of the Community; Chapter 13 Inter-relations: Communications, Culture, and Urbanism; partV 1955–1972; Chapter 14 Urban Planning and Design Education 1955–1960; Chapter 15 Synthesis: Urban Design and Ekistics; Chapter 16 Epilogue Tyrwhitt’s Utopia: A Garden on a Greek Hillside;...
