Man-Made America: Chaos or Control? An Inquiry to Selected Problems of Design in the Urbanized Landscape

Tunnard, Cristopher & Boris. Pushkarev

Published by Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, 1963

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479 pages. 28.5 x 21 cm. Voluminously illustrated with photographs, drawings. plans and maps. Bibliography. Index. 1963 National Book Award winner. An early scholarly attempt to confront "the mindless juggernaut of subtopia," which stemmed from Yale University - Connecticut Development Commission conference begun in 1950, and subsequently expanded in succeeding conferences to consider other parts of the U.S. KARPEL B621."Probably the finest one volume study of modern urban aesthetics yet assembled anywhere." From the Library of August Heckscher. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper.

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Title
Man-Made America: Chaos or Control? An Inquiry to Selected Problems of Design in the Urbanized Landscape
Author
Tunnard, Cristopher & Boris. Pushkarev
Publisher
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven
Publication year
1963
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Hardcover
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First edition.
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Architecture, City Planning, Urban Development

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