Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / by Kargon, Robert Hugh

City on a hill : urban idealism in America from the Puritans to the present / by Krieger, Alex, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…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 -- Interpreting 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.…”
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Big game, small world : a basketball adventure / by Wolff, Alexander, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Fall : founding myths, conflicting cultures -- Almonte, Ontario : duck on a rock -- Lithuania : Forest brothers in short pants -- Poland : the sultans of Zloty -- Switzerland : please do not air your dirty laundry -- Celebration, Florida : communities of three -- Italy : strength vs. virtue -- Sarajevo Airport : prisoners of war -- Bosnia : the woman who sells men -- Winter : the American game and her far-flung offspring -- Peoria, Illinois : crossover dreamers -- Eastern Kansas : driving Mister John -- El Paso : the bear in winter -- Whiteriver, Arizona : shoots from the sky -- Boone, North Carolinia : Mayberry friends -- Ireland : to build a gym -- Israel : the long arm of the law of return -- The Philippines : madness and mimicry -- China : Qiao Dan, celestial citizen -- Spring : the game within -- Philadelphia : Quaker meeting house -- Brazil : women of the laughing blood -- Des Moines : unguarded moments -- Japan : a journey of a thousand miles, begun with a single shot -- Bhutan : gross national hoopiness -- Summer : fast break to the future -- Washington, D.C. : going to the next level -- France : the "I Love This Game" theory of conflict prevention -- Angola : Lasme's plane will be arriving shortly -- Kansas City : to rest, rather than to mischief -- Princeton, New Jersey : through the back door.…”
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Collective dreams : political imagination & community / by McBride, Keally D.

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Civitas by design : building better communities, from the garden city to the new urbanism / by Gillette, Howard, Jr., 1942-

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Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / by Kargon, Robert H.

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Place making : developing town centers, main streets, and urban villages / by Bohl, Charles C.

Table of Contents: “…Market Street at Celebration: Celebration, Florida Orenco Station Town Center: Portland, Oregon; Southlake Town Square: Southlake, Texas; Valencia's Town Center Drive: A Developer's Perspective; Chapter 8 A Compendium of Planning and Design Ideas for Town Centers; Defining the Character of the Town Center; Planning the Streets and Circulation System; Designing and Configuring Buildings; Understanding Urbanism…”
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Black hibiscus : African Americans and the Florida imaginary /

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