As Robert Fishman writes of three of urban planning's greatest visionaries, Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, they 'hated the cities of their time with an overwhelming passion. The metropolis was the counter-image of their ideal cities, the hell that inspired their heavens.'

Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier

Politics & Social Sciences

Robert Fishman

Social Sciences

Basic Books, Inc., Publishers

This collection of readings examines the interaction of economy, culture, politics, policy and space within the United States and the United Kingdom. For the second edition, more than half of the readings are new and the introduction and section prefaces have been revised. A section on the city and "the new urbanism" has been added, and there is increased emphasis on design, tourism, sustainability and culture. 
<ul> <li>Examines the interaction of economy, culture, politics, policy and space within the United States and the United Kingdom. 
</li> <li>Brings together in one place unabridged selections from recent works by authors who have dramatically transformed the field of urban theory. 
</li> <li>More than half of the readings are new and the introduction and section prefaces have been revised. 
</li> <li>A section on the city and "the new urbanism" has been added, and there is increased emphasis on design, tourism, sustainability and culture.</li> </ul>

Readings in Urban Theory, 2nd Edition

Mia Gray

Aaron W. Sachs

Joe Painter

Susan S. Fainstein

William W. Goldsmith

Roger Lawson

Saskia, Sassen

Blackwell Publishers, Inc.

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