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Another City - Urban Life and Urban Spaces in the New American Republic

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Dell Upton is professor of art history at UCLA. His books include Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Colonial Virginia , published by Yale University Press and winner of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award, the John Hope Franklin Publication Prize, and the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, and Architecture in the United States . Klappentext An exploration of the beliefs, perceptions, and theories that shaped the architecture and organization of America's earliest cities In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, burgeoning American cities like New Orleans and Philadelphia seemed increasingly chaotic. Noise, odors, and a feverish level of activity on the streets threatened to overwhelm the senses. Growing populations placed new demands on every aspect of the urban landscape--streets, parks, schools, asylums, cemeteries, markets, waterfronts, and more. In this unique exploration of the early history of urban architecture and design, leading architectural historian Dell Upton reveals the fascinating confluence of sociological, cultural, and psychological factors that shaped American cities in the antebellum years. Through contemporary travel accounts, diaries, and correspondence, as well as maps, architectural drawings, paintings, and prints--many previously unpublished--Upton investigates not only how buildings were designed, streets were laid out, and urban space was put to use, but also why . He offers original insights into the way cities were imagined, and an extensive selection of illustrations recreates the various features of the urban landscape in the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung Reveals the confluence of sociological! cultural! and psychological factors that shaped American cities in the antebellum years. This book investigates not only how buildings were designed! streets were laid out! and urban space was put to use! but also why. ...

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Authors Dell Upton
Publisher Yale University Press Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 18.07.2008
 
EAN 9780300124880
ISBN 978-0-300-12488-0
No. of pages 416
Dimensions 184 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Kunst, allgemein, ART / General, HISTORY / United States / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Art & Art Instruction

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