(print) xi, 320 p. ; 24 cmAcknowledgments -- Introduction. p.1 -- 1. An urban republic: Frederick Olmsted, Henry George, and the city building debate. p.15 -- 2. The political economy of suburbanization and the politics of space. p.48 -- 3. From rapid transit to city planning: social efficiency and the new urban discipline. p.83 -- 4. The professionalization of city planning and the scientific management of urban space. p.119 -- 5. An urban sociology: Robert E. Park and the realistic tradition. p.158 -- 6. The alienation of social control: the Chicago sociologists and the origins of urban planning. p.189 -- 7. Urbanism as a way of life: the paradox of professional planning. p.225 -- Epilogue. p.241 -- Notes. p.251 -- Index. p.30
