{"product_id":"the-city-beautiful-movement-william-h-wilson-9780801849787","title":"The City Beautiful Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Lewis Mumford Prize from the Society for American City and Regional Planning HistoryWinner of the Outstanding Book in Architecture and Urban Planning Award from the Association of American Publishers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William H. Jr. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801849780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801849787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 7.56w x 0.85d","brand":"William H. Jr. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988259471615,"sku":"9780801849787","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8978f8d3-439e-42bf-bb5e-e2db2da1a39e.jpg?v=1683293522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-beautiful-movement-william-h-wilson-9780801849787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}