Local Attachments: The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 (Creating the North American Landscape)

Von Hoffman, Professor Alexander

ISBN 10: 0801853931 / ISBN 13: 9780801853937

Edité par The Johns Hopkins University Press (edition ), 1996

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Local Attachments: The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 (Creating the North American Landscape)
• Éditeur: The Johns Hopkins University Press (edition )
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0801853931
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780801853937
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

This examination of the emergence of the urban neighbourhood in the US in the late 19th- and early-20th centuries takes as a case study Boston's outer-city neighbourhood, Jamaica Plain. The author argues that a vital neighbourhood culture bound the residents together, with businesses, schools, clubs, charitable societies, and political organizations spinning a web of social ties that fostered a powerful sense of allegiance to the local community. However, ultimately political reformers and 20th-century mores disrupted the unity of the turn-of-the-century, contributed to a decline in the quality of urban life. This work offers a detailed look at the evolution of urban America.

À propos de l?auteur

Alexander von Hoffman is associate professor in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.