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
Jeon, Chihyung
Jonnes, Jill
Pearson, Chris
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
University of Chicago Press
New York, City University of
Cambridge University Press
Louisiana State University Press
New York University Press
Concepts
Urban planning
Urban history
Civil engineering
Public health
Cities and towns
Urbanization
People
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
Paris (France)
London (England)
Great Britain
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
United States Military Academy
Pennsylvania Railroad
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