DREAMING THE RATIONAL CITY: THE MYTH OF AMERICAN CITY PLANNING

Boyer, M. Christine

ISBN 10: 0262521113 / ISBN 13: 9780262521116

Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1983

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; This is the first paperback edition published in 1986. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. A portion of the title on the spine panel is evidently missing due to sunning? Very good condition. ; 8vo.; xii, 331 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DREAMING THE RATIONAL CITY: THE MYTH OF AMERICAN CITY PLANNING
• Publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262521113
• ISBN 13: 9780262521116
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Dreaming the Rational City is both a history of the city planning profession in the United States and a major polemical statement about the effort to plan and reform the American city. Boyer shows why city planning, which had so much promise at the outset for making cities more liveable, largely failed. She reveals planning's real responsibilities and goals, including the kind of "rational order" that was actually forseen by the planning mentality, and concludes that the planners have continuously served the needs of the dominant capitalist economy.

From the Back Cover

Dreaming The Rational City is both a history of the city-planning profession in the United States and a major polemical statement about the effort to plan and reform the American city. The book uncovers what planning's real responsibilities and goals have been, including what kind of 'rational order' was actually forseen by the planning mentality and concludes that the planners; have continuously served the needs of the dominant capitalist economy.