Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880

642 Pages·2014·10.03 MB·English

by  Peter Hall

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subjects, including Cities in Civilization (1999), High tech America (with Ann
markusen & Amy Glasmeier, 1986), Great Planning Disasters (1992), the world
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Cities
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tomorrow
Praise for previous editions of Cities of Tomorrow
“This is nothing less than a history of the ideology and practice of urban planning
through the century. … It’s all in this most readable tour de force, which makes
a whole series of fascinating connections.” The Architectural Review
“This is the one book you have to read.” American Planning Association Journal
“Peter Hall is renowned for his critical texts on planning and urban studies,
and this updated edition of Cities of Tomorrow is no exception. Writing with
such enthusiasm and flair, Hall takes the reader on an enthralling journey
through the history of city planning.” The Geographical Journal
“This classic history of modern urban planning has now been updated for the
new century with a third edition. Cities of Tomorrow is an excellent guide to
the urban development of the 20th century, and a good platform from which
to view the evolution of the 21st.” Urban Land
Peter Hall
Cities
of

tomorrow
an intellectual History of Urban
Planning and Design since 1880
fourth edition
This fourth edition first published 2014
© 2014 Peter Hall
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Contents
List of Figures ix
Preface to the Fourth Edition xii
Preface to the Third Edition xiii
Preface to the First Edition xv
1 Cities of Imagination 1
Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880–1987
2 The City of Dreadful Night 12
Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London, Paris,
Berlin, New York, 1880–1900
3 The City of By-Pass Variegated 49
The Mass Transit Suburb: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900–1940
4 The City in the Garden 90
The Garden-City Solution: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900–1940
5 The City in the Region 149
The Birth of Regional Planning: Edinburgh, New York,
London, 1900–1940
6 The City of Monuments 202
The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin,
Moscow, 1900–1945
7 The City of Towers 237
The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris, Chandigarh, Brasília, London,
St Louis, 1920–1970
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8 The City of Sweat Equity 291
The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh, Indore, Lima, Berkeley,
Macclesfield, 1890–1987
9 The City on the Highway 325
The Automobile Suburb: Long Island, Wisconsin, Los Angeles,
Paris, 1930–1987
10 The City of Theory 385
Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia, Manchester, California,
Paris, 1955–1987
11 The City of Enterprise 414
Planning Turned Upside Down: Baltimore, Hong Kong,
London, 1975–2000
12 The City of the Tarnished Belle Époque 443
Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York, London,
Tokyo, 1990–2010
13 The City of the Permanent Underclass 485
The Enduring Slum: Chicago, St Louis, London, 1920–2011
Bibliography 529
Index 608