Reforming suburbia : the planned communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands /
The 'new community' movement of the 1960s and 1970s attempted a grand experiment in housing. It inspired the construction of innovative communities, designed to counter suburbia's cultural conformity, social isolation, ugliness, and environmental problems. This text examines the resul...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2005], ©2005
Berkeley : c2005 Berkeley : ©2005 Berkeley : [2005] Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : [2005] |
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| Summary: | The 'new community' movement of the 1960s and 1970s attempted a grand experiment in housing. It inspired the construction of innovative communities, designed to counter suburbia's cultural conformity, social isolation, ugliness, and environmental problems. This text examines the results of these experiments |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xv, 379 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm xv, 379 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm xv, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm xv, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-365) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-365) and index |
| ISBN: | 0520241657 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520241657 0520241665 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520241665 9780520241657 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520241657 9780520241664 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520241664 |