Campus : an American planning tradition / Paul Venable Turner.

Main entry:

Turner, Paul Venable, author.

Title & Author:

Campus : an American planning tradition / Paul Venable Turner.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Series:

The Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; 7

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Colonial College -- Schools for a New Nation -- Expansion and Mythmaking -- The Democratic College -- The University as City Beautiful -- The Monastic Quadrangle and Collegiate Ideals -- Dynamism, Change, and Renewal.
Also issued online.

Summary:

From colonial times to the present, the American campus has been a unique type of physical environment, and has reflected the nation's changing educational goals and social ideals, as interpreted by many of the most distinguished American planners and architects. Turner examines this dynamic and uniquely American tradition, revealing the educational forces and planning concerns that have shaped these colleges and universities. The volume is organized chronologically, examining selected campuses within each period and offering new interpretations of their architectural significance. Among the architects and planners whose work is examined are Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Alexander Jackson Davis and Frederick Law Olmstead. ISBN 0-262-20047-3 : $35.00.

ISBN:

0262200473
9780262200479

Subject:

Campus planning United States History.
College buildings United States Design and construction History.
Universities and colleges Social aspects United States.
Universities and colleges United States Design and construction History.
Campus Planification États-Unis Histoire.
Universités États-Unis Conception et construction Histoire.
Universités Aspect social États-Unis.
Universities and colleges Design and construction
Campus planning
College buildings Design and construction
Universities and colleges Social aspects
Architektur
Campus
Geschichte
Universiteitsgebouwen.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; 7.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 195139
Call No.: NA6600 .T8 1984
Copy: copy 2
Status: Available

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