City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present

by Alex Krieger

Book Overview

A sweeping history of American cities and towns, and the utopian aspirations that shaped them, by one of America's leading urban planners and scholars.

The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to start again and build the perfect community. Those messianic days are gone. But as Alex Krieger argues in City on a Hill, any attempt at deep understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674987993
• ISBN13: 9780674987999
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"