Building the Ivory Tower - Universities and Metropolitan Development in the Twentieth Century

LaDale C. Winling is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

List of contents

Introduction. The Landscape of Knowledge

Chapter 1. The Gravity of Capital

Chapter 2. The City Limits

Chapter 3. Origins of the University Crisis

Chapter 4. Radical Politics and Conservative Landscapes

Chapter 5. The Working Class Versus the Creative Class

Epilogue. The New Contested City

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

LaDale C. Winling is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Summary

Building the Ivory Tower examines the role of American universities as urban developers and their changing effects on cities in the twentieth century. LaDale C. Winling explores philanthropy, real estate investments, architectural landscapes, and urban politics to reckon with the tensions of university growth in our cities.

Product details

• Authors: Ladale C Winling, Ladale C. Winling
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780812249682
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4968-2
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries