Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century

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Hall (Urban and Regional Planning, U. of California, Berkeley) shows the benevolent influence of the anarchist ideals of Reclus and Kropotkin in the work of Howard, Geddes and Lloyd Wright which found expression in garden cities and community planning. He contrasts this with the totalitarian vision of Le Corbusier which, spurned by Mussolini and Stalin, was enthusiastically taken up by countless city authorities in Europe and America, and finds nightmare expression in the cities of Brasilia and Chandigarh and in all too visbile high-rise slums and vandalized spaces. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


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Hall (Urban and Regional Planning, U. of California, Berkeley) shows the benevolent influence of the anarchist ideals of Reclus and Kropotkin in the work of Howard, Geddes and Lloyd Wright which found expression in garden cities and community planning. He contrasts this with the totalitarian vision of Le Corbusier which, spurned by Mussolini and Stalin, was enthusiastically taken up by countless city authorities in Europe and America, and finds nightmare expression in the cities of Brasilia and Chandigarh and in all too visbile high-rise slums and vandalized spaces. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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