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02888aam a2200409 i 4500 001 CBD8B5FE166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191204010031 008 190624t20192019mauabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019019803 020 $a 0674987993 020 $a 9780674987999 035 $a (OCoLC)1090009541 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HLS $d YDX $d CNCCA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HT167 $b .K74 2019 082 00 $a 307.1/2160973 $2 23 100 1 $a Krieger, Alex, $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a City on a hill : $b urban idealism in America from the Puritans to the present / $c Alex Krieger. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xv, 438 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of color plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, Alex Krieger looks to the drama of utopian ideals"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction: Dreams of a future in a new world -- Jefferson's blueprint for an egalitarian republic -- A nature's nation in the garden of the world -- Interpreting America's anti-urban bias -- The small town as an ideal: Puritan covenants to Celebration, Florida -- The company town away from town -- "Grace dwelling in it": the romance of the suburb -- Seeding settlement: homesteads, land grants, and capital seats -- Making nature urbane: Olmsted and the parks movement -- Utopians and reformers in a cauldron of urbanization -- Washington: city of magnificent intentions -- Chicago 1910: logistics utopia -- Autopia: the drive to disperse -- Communitarian journeys -- Misguided renewal: the urban clearance decades -- Walt Disney's EPCOT and the new town movement -- Fabulous and commonplace: seeking paradise in Las Vegas -- New Orleans and attachment to place -- E-topia: smart cities for the creative class -- Postscript: heading to that better place. 650 0 $a City planning $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Utopias $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Cities and towns $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a Cities and towns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861748 650 7 $a City planning. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862177 650 7 $a Utopias. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01163359 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200303021919.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CBD8B5FE166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search