Man-Made America: Chaos or Control? An Inquiry to Selected Problems of Design in the Urbanized Landscape
by Tunnard, Cristopher & Boris. Pushkarev
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Orig. gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23325
- Title
- Man-Made America: Chaos or Control? An Inquiry to Selected Problems of Design in the Urbanized Landscape
- Author
- Tunnard, Cristopher & Boris. Pushkarev
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Yale Univ. Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- City Plannning
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; City Planning; Urban Development;
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