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A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas

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A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas

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A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas book

A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas

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A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas book

ByClare Cardinal-Pett
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 27 November 2015
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315691817
Pages 554
eBook ISBN 9781315691817
Subjects Built Environment, Geography, Humanities, Social Sciences, Urban Studies
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Cardinal-Pett, C. (2015). A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315691817

ABSTRACT

 A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas is the first comprehensive survey to narrate the urbanization of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, making it a vital resource to help you understand the built environment in this part of the world. The book combines the latest scholarship about the indigenous past with an environmental history approach covering issues of climate, geology, and biology, so that you'll see the relationship between urban and rural in a new, more inclusive way.

Author Clare Cardinal-Pett tells the story chronologically, from the earliest-known human migrations into the Americas to the 1930s to reveal information and insights that weave across time and place so that you can develop a complex and nuanced understanding of human-made landscape forms, patterns of urbanization, and associated building typologies. Each chapter addresses developments throughout the hemisphere and includes information from various disciplines, original artwork, and historical photographs of everyday life, which - along with numerous maps, diagrams, and traditional building photographs - will train your eye to see the built environment as you read about it.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|36 pages

1 Settings and Settlements 2000 BCE

chapter 2|47 pages

2 Early Urban Realms and Ideological Landscapes 0 BCE

chapter 3|49 pages

3 Cities, States, and Empires 1000 CE

chapter 4|52 pages

4 Patterns of European Colonization and Building 1600 CE

chapter 5|50 pages

5 Key Colonial Towns and Regional Architectural Elements 1760 CE

chapter 6|57 pages

6 Architecture and Identity 1800 CE

chapter 7|55 pages

7 Transportation and Industrialization 1860 CE

chapter 8|62 pages

8 Beautiful Cities and New Technologies 1900 CE

chapter 9|62 pages

9 Varieties of Modernity 1930 CE

chapter 471|17 pages

Epilogue: Futurama

chapter 488|20 pages

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