{"product_id":"the-nature-of-cities-ecological-visions-and-the-american-urban-professions-1920-1960-paperback","title":"The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer S. Light\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the country's political life. For prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, this obsession with the agrarian past inspired a new campaign for urban reform. They called for ongoing programs of natural resource management to be extended to maintain and improve cities. Jennifer S. Light finds a new understanding of the history of urban renewal in the United States in the rise and fall of the American conservation movement. The professionals Light examines came to view America's urban landscapes as ecological communities requiring scientific management on par with forests and farms. The Nature of Cities brings together environmental and urban history to reveal how, over four decades, this ecological vision shaped the development of cities around the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonorable Mention, Lewis Mumford Prize, Society for City and Regional Planning History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer S. Light finds a new understanding of the history of urban renewal in the United States in the rise and fall of the American conservation movement. The professionals she examines came to view America's urban landscapes as ecological communities requiring scientific management on par with that of forests and farms. \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e brings together environmental and urban history to reveal how, over four decades, this ecological vision shaped the development of cities around the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating and suggestive account of the influence of ecology and natural-resource management on academic urbanists, city planners, and real-estate professionals.--\u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA model for anyone looking to reveal the complex ways that scientific thinking plays into the emergence of an entire field of social planning.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Biology \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight does a wonderful job of tracking the migration of people and ideas to the nation's capital, demonstrating how these shaped the National Resources Planning Board's agenda and actions, and detailing how urban management became national policy from FDR to LBJ.--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight's excavation of the intellectual terrain, on which so much of mid-20th-century urban policy rested, significantly contributes to our understanding of planning's evolution in this critical period following the profession's foundational years.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Planning Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engaging and well-written work challenges the notion that cities were seen as 'unnatural' places during the early years of the twentieth century, when the United States was transitioning from an agrarian to an urban society and the professions of social science, urban planning, and real estate were being developed.--\u003ci\u003eHistorical Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Robert H. Kargon, The Johns Hopkins University \"Journal of the History of Biology\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonorable Mention, Lewis Mumford Prize, Society for City and Regional Planning History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer S. Light finds a new understanding of the history of urban renewal in the United States in the rise and fall of the American conservation movement. The professionals she examines came to view America's urban landscapes as ecological communities requiring scientific management on par with that of forests and farms. \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e brings together environmental and urban history to reveal how, over four decades, this ecological vision shaped the development of cities around the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating and suggestive account of the influence of ecology and natural-resource management on academic urbanists, city planners, and real-estate professionals.\"--\u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A model for anyone looking to reveal the complex ways that scientific thinking plays into the emergence of an entire field of social planning.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Biology \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Light does a wonderful job of tracking the migration of people and ideas to the nation's capital, demonstrating how these shaped the National Resources Planning Board's agenda and actions, and detailing how urban management became national policy from FDR to LBJ.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Light's excavation of the intellectual terrain, on which so much of mid-20th-century urban policy rested, significantly contributes to our understanding of planning's evolution in this critical period following the profession's foundational years.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Planning Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This engaging and well-written work challenges the notion that cities were seen as 'unnatural' places during the early years of the twentieth century, when the United States was transitioning from an agrarian to an urban society and the professions of social science, urban planning, and real estate were being developed.\"--\u003ci\u003eHistorical Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer S. Light \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor at the School of Communication and the Departments of History and Sociology at Northwestern University and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Policy Research. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Johns Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457148502269,"sku":"9781421413846","price":71.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NDBlb2J1ZGhIT0ZySklidVNHam9sdz09.webp?v=1777234453","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-nature-of-cities-ecological-visions-and-the-american-urban-professions-1920-1960-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}