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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: Dreams of a Future in a New World -- 1. Jefferson's Blueprint for an Egalitarian Republic -- 2. A Nature's Nation in the Garden of the World -- 3. Interpreting America's Anti-Urban Bias -- 4. The Small Town as an Ideal: Puritan Covenants to Celebration, Florida -- 5. The Company Town Away from Town -- 6. "Grace Dwelling in It": The Romance of the Suburb -- 7. Seeding Settlement: Homesteads, Land Grants, and Capital Seats -- 8. Making Nature Urbane: Olmsted and the Parks Movement -- 9. Utopians and Reformers in a Cauldron of Urbanization -- 10. Washington: City of Magnificent Intentions -- 11. Chicago 1910: Logistics Utopia -- 12. Autopia: The Drive to Disperse -- 13. Communitarian Journeys -- 14. Misguided Renewal: The Urban Clearance Decades -- 15. Walt Disney's EPCOT and the New Town Movement -- 16. Fabulous and Commonplace: Seeking Paradise in Las Vegas -- 17. New Orleans and Attachment to Place -- 18. E-topia: Smart Cities for the Creative Class -- 19. Postscript: Heading to That Better Place -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Introduction: Dreams of a future in a new world -- Jefferson's blueprint for an egalitarian republic -- A nature's nation in the garden of the world -- America's anti-urban bias -- The small town as an ideal: Puritan covenants to Celebration, Florida -- The company town away from town -- "Grace dwelling in it": the romance of the suburb -- Seeding settlement: homesteads, land grants, and capital seats -- Making nature urbane: Olmsted and the parks movement -- Utopians and reformers in a cauldron of urbanization -- Washington: city of magnificent intentions -- Chicago 1910: logistics utopia -- Autopia: the drive to disperse -- Communitarian journeys -- Misguided renewal: the urban clearance decades -- Walt Disney's EPCOT and the new town movement -- Fabulous and commonplace: seeking paradise in Las Vegas -- New Orleans and attachment to place -- E-topia: smart cities for the creative class -- Postscript: Heading to that better place.

Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice. Today, with the world's urban population surpassing three billion people, urban design has become more crucial than ever. Indeed, the concerns that initially brought leading architects and city planners together--including concerns over sprawl, pollution, and aging infrastructure--have only intensified over the past half century. In Urban Design, Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders have assembled prominent figures in architecture, planning, and landscape design.

Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice. Today, with the world's urban population surpassing three billion people, urban design has become more crucial than ever. Indeed, the concerns that initially brought leading architects and city planners together-including concerns over sprawl, pollution, and aging infrastructure-have only intensified over the past half century. In Urban Design, Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders have assembled prominent figures in architecture, planning, and landscape design