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.
Dümpelmann, Sonja
Tanya Hart
Logel, Jon Scott
Kang, Yeonsil
Orfila, Margarita
Concepts
Urban planning
Urban history
Public health
Civil engineering
Cities and towns
Science and society
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Ancient
20th century
Gilded Age (1870s-1900)
Modern
Places
New York City (New York, U.S.)
United States
London (England)
Great Britain
Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Military Academy
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