Title & Author:

The historian and the city / edited by Oscar Handlin and John Burchard.

Publication:

[Cambridge, Mass.] M.I.T. Press, 1963.

Description:

xii, 299 pages 25 cm

Series:

Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Notes:
Includes papers delivered at a conference convened by the Joint Center for Urban Studies, in August, 1961.
"A selection of works relating to the history of cities": pages 270-290.
PART ONE: Introduction -- The Modern City as a Field of Historical Study / Oscar Handlin-- PART TWO: The City in Technological Innovation and Economic Development -- The Crossroads Within the Wall / Robert S. Lopez -- The Economic Significance of Cities / Shigeto Tsuru -- City Economies: Then and Now / Alexander Gerschenkron -- Innovation and the Industrialization of Philadelphia 1800-1850 / Sam B. Warner, Jr. -- The Economics of Urbanization / Aaron Fleisher -- The Organization of Technological Innovation in Urban Environments / Richard L. Meier -- PART THREE: The City in the History of Ideas -- Two Stages in the Critique of the American City / Morton White -- The Idea of the City in European Thought: Voltaire to Spengler / Carl E. Schorske -- Boosters, Intellectuals, and the American City / Frank Freidel -- The City as the Idea of Social Oder / Slyvia L. Thrupp -- PART FOUR: History and the Contemporary Urban World -- The Death of the City: A Frightened Look at Postcivilization / Kenneth E. Boulding -- Implications of Modern City Growth / Denis W. Brogan -- PART FIVE: The City as an Artifact -- Urban Forms / Sir John Summerson -- Proprietary Philadelphia as Artifact / Anthony N.B. Garvan -- The Form of the Modern Metropolis / Walter L. Creese -- The Visible Character of the City / Henry Millon -- PART SIX: Planners and Interpreters of the City -- The Customary and the Characteristic: A Note on the Pursuit of City Planning History / Christopher Tunnard -- Urbanization and Social Change; on Broadening the Scope and Relevance of Urban History / Eric E. Lampard -- The Building Blocks of Urban History / Frederick Gutheim & Atlee E. Shidler -- PART SEVEN: Conclusion -- Some Afterthoughts / John Burchard -- A Selection of Works Relating to the History of Cities / Philip Dawson & Sam B. Warner, Jr.
Also issued online.

Summary:

An unprecedented twentyfold growth of the world's largest cities since 1800 suggests that the city has become both the site and the symbol of modern civilization. Although cities have been examined from many special points of view, they have never received the cross-disciplinary study that their significance deserves. Why have some cities flourished while others declined? Do universal economic laws govern urban development? What has "city living" meant to millions now dead? Why has the pace of cultural creativity quickened and slowed within the life histories of so many cities? Such questions call for a cooperative consideration of the city by sociologists, historians, economists, philosophers, city planners, and political scientists. In 1961, twenty distinguished specialists in these disciplines met at Cambridge to set forth and discuss their findings and conjectures on "The City in History." The papers discussed at those meetings offer stimulating promise of a new comprehension and appreciation of the city—in concept and in practice." This is a very sophisticated symposium, which deserves careful reading. Architectural Science Review: This volume is evidence of the vitality of urban studies in this country and of the worth of this particular conference. The papers generally present hitherto unpublished material. Progressive Architecture: "Useful and timely in view of current interest in the study and teaching of urban history. 55 American Historical Review: "A highly provocative collection. American Behavioral Scientist

ISBN:

0262580063
9780262580069

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Sociology, Urban.
Cities
Villes.
Sociologie urbaine.
cities.
urban sociology.
Stadsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Sociologia Urbana.
Planejamento Territorial Urbano.
Urbanisation Congrès.
Sociologie urbaine Congrès.
Villes Historiographie Congrès.

Added entries:

Handlin, Oscar, 1915-2011, editor.
Burchard, John E. (John Ely), 1898-1975, editor.
Joint Center for Urban Studies.
Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 154158
Call No.: NA9010 .H5 1963
Status: Available