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Married Merchant-Builders

From Home-Making to City Planning in the Postwar Suburban Boom
  • Alison Isenberg
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Designing San Francisco
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© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Contents 5
  3. Introduction 7
  4. The Illustrated Pitch 26
  5. “Not Bound by an Instinct to Preserve” 62
  6. “Culture-A-Go-Go” 86
  7. Married Merchant-Builders 114
  8. Managing Property 142
  9. Movers and Shakers 168
  10. “Urban Renewal with Paint” 196
  11. Model Cities 230
  12. “The Competition for Urban Land” 276
  13. Skyscrapers, Street Vacations, and the Seventies 300
  14. Conclusion 344
  15. Acknowledgments 366
  16. Abbreviations 370
  17. Notes 371
  18. Archives Consulted 419
  19. Interviews by the Author 420
  20. Index 421
  21. Image Credits 433
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888832-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Contents 5
  3. Introduction 7
  4. The Illustrated Pitch 26
  5. “Not Bound by an Instinct to Preserve” 62
  6. “Culture-A-Go-Go” 86
  7. Married Merchant-Builders 114
  8. Managing Property 142
  9. Movers and Shakers 168
  10. “Urban Renewal with Paint” 196
  11. Model Cities 230
  12. “The Competition for Urban Land” 276
  13. Skyscrapers, Street Vacations, and the Seventies 300
  14. Conclusion 344
  15. Acknowledgments 366
  16. Abbreviations 370
  17. Notes 371
  18. Archives Consulted 419
  19. Interviews by the Author 420
  20. Index 421
  21. Image Credits 433
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