Author: BILES, ROGER
Title: The Human Tradition in Urban America
Description: Wilmington, Delaware: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. Hardcover. ISBN: 0842029923. The Human Tradition In America Series; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches; xix, 230 pages; Hard cover has taupe spine with black lettering. This is a NEW book. Slight rubbing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. #13 The Human Tradition in America, Series. Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Jermiah Dummer: From Puritan Son to Worldly Gentleman Chapter 3 Andrew Jackson Downing: Promoter of City Parks and Suburbs Chapter 4 Alexander R. Shepherd: The Haussmannization of Washington, DC Chapter 5 Frank Julian Sprague: The Father of Electric Urban Mass Transit in the United States Chapter 6 Charles A. Comiskey: Baseball as American Pastime and Tragedy Chapter 7 Lillian Wald: Meeting the Needs of Neighborhoods, 1893-1933 Chapter 8 Billy Sunday: Urban Prophet of Hope Chapter 9 Albion Fellows Bacon: Indiana's Frenzied Philanthropist Chapter 10 Catherine Bauer: The Struggle for Modern Housing in America, 1930-1960 Chapter 11 Robert Moses: Relentless Progressive Chapter 12 Coleman A. Young: Race and the Reshaping of Postwar Urban Politics Chapter 13 Elizabeth Virrick: The "Concrete Monsters" and Housing Reform in Postwar Miami Chapter 14 Index.. Fine .

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