Book ID: CBB000520081

Building Gotham: Civic Culture and Public Policy in New York City, 1898--1938 (2003)

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Revell, Keith D. (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: x + 327 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Study of the work of experts in engineering, law, architecture, public health, public finance, and planning in the second-largest city in the world.


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Review Jackson, Kenneth T. (2005) Review of "Building Gotham: Civic Culture and Public Policy in New York City, 1898--1938". Technology and Culture (p. 205). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Melosi, Martin V.
Dennis, Richard
Divall, Colin
Douglas, Deborah G.
Jeon, Chihyung
Jonnes, Jill
Journals
American Quarterly
Business History
Environment and History
Environmental History
Geographia antiqua
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press
Cambridge University Press
Carocci Editore
Louisiana State University Press
New York University Press
Temple University Press
Concepts
Urban planning
Urban history
Public health
Civil engineering
Cities and towns
Science and society
People
Geddes, Patrick
Stevin, Simon
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus
Wilgus, William J.
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Ancient
21st century
Medieval
Places
New York City (New York, U.S.)
United States
London (England)
Great Britain
Paris (France)
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
United States Military Academy
Pennsylvania Railroad
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