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This set is a carefully balanced selection of writings representing some of the most important currents in the thought of city and regional planning during the period 1870-1940 when urban planning emerged as a serious disciplinary field. The set consists of eight key books from this period, handsomely illustrated and reproduced in their entirety, and a separate volume of fifteen seminal short... Read more
Volume 1. A selection of short pieces and articles on Early Urban Planning with a general introduction by Richard LeGates and Frederic Stout Volume 2. Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform [1898] Ebenezer Howard Volume 3. Modern Civic Art [1903] Charles Mulford Robinson Volume 4. Cities in Evolution [1915] Patrick Geddes Volume 5. Planning the Modern City [1916] Nelson P. Lewis Volume 6. New Towns for Old [1927] John Nolen Volume 7. The Neighbourhood Unit (from the 'Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs, vol VII': Neighbourhood and Community Planning) [1931] Clarence Perry Volume 8. Town and Country Planning [1933] Patrick Abercrombie Volume 9. Outline of Town and City Planning [1935] Thomas Adams.
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Edited by Richard LeGates and Frederic Stout
'Routledge and the editors are to be commended for resurrecting these valuable materials.' - Lawrence Conway Gerckens, APA Journal Spring 1999
'The editors' introduction is an insightful and concise exposition of the people, places, literature and events that shaped planning in the United States and the United Kingdom from the mid- 19th century to mid- 20th cuntury.' --Lawrence Conway Gerckens, APA Journal Spring 1999
