Critics of the turn-of-the-century's City Beautiful Movement denounced its projects-broad, tree-lined boulevards and monumental but low-lying civic buildings-as grandiose and unnecessary. In this masterful analysis, William H. Wilson sees the movement as its founders did: as an exercise in participatory politics aimed at changing the way citizens thought about cities.

An outstanding piece of scholarship. -- Paul Boyer, University of Wisconsin

About the Author
William H. Wilson is professor of history at the University of North Texas. His books include Coming of Age: Urban American, 1915-1945.

Reviews
A major contribution to the scholarship on the history of urban America and the history of American city planning... [Wilson's] discussion of the goals and political reform ideology of the City Beautiful advocates is the most thoughtful and widely researched analysis of this complex subject to haveappeared. History


Awards
Winner of Society for American City and Regional Planning History Lewis Mumford Prize 1990 (United States) and PROSE Award for Architecture and Urban Planning 1990 (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9780801849787
Author William H. Wilson
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 794g