In the Suburbs of History : Modernist Visions of the Urban Periphery /

In the Suburbs of History : Modernist Visions of the Urban Periphery /

Show other versions (1)

"In the 1960s, socialist and capitalist urban planners, architects, and city officials chose the urban periphery as the site to test out new ideas in modernist architecture and planning: the outskirts of Prague and a bedroom suburb of Toronto would be the sites for experimental urban developmen...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Logan, Steven, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Suburbs.
National socialism and architecture.
City planning.
Nazisme et architecture > Republique tcheque > Prague.
Nazisme et architecture > Ontario > Toronto.
Banlieues > Republique tcheque > Prague > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Banlieues > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 20e siecle.
National socialism and architecture > Czech Republic > Prague.
National socialism and architecture > Ontario > Toronto.
City planning > Czech Republic > Prague > History > 20th century.
City planning > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Suburbs > Czech Republic > Prague > History > 20th century.
Suburbs > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Ontario > Toronto.
Czech Republic > Prague.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Full text available:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Crossing Divides
  • Looking for the Antithesis of the Suburb
  • Socialist Space
  • South City as a Work of Art in the Age of Mass-Produced Dwellings
  • Redesigning the Post-war Suburban Landscape
  • The "Total Image": The Making of Willowdale Modern
  • Conclusion: Unearthing the Suburban Core.

Similar Items