The Sociable City: An American Intellectual Tradition

Jamin Creed Rowan

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2017

The Sociable City

An American Intellectual Tradition

Jamin Creed Rowan

In the series The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294156

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The Sociable City chronicles how, as the city's physical and social landscapes evolved over the course of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, urban intellectuals developed new vocabularies, narratives, and representational forms to explore and advocate for the social configurations made possible by urban living.

Author / Editor information

Jamin Creed Rowan teaches English and American Studies at Brigham Young University.

Reviews

"Jamin Creed Rowan has provided a much needed book for all of us working to understand the complexity of cities. His clear, nuanced discussion of the ecology of cities advances our collective efforts to build and rebuild relationships with our neighborhoods and each other. The Sociable City boldly reminds us how to hold fast to the intricate web of diversity that comprise the places we call home."—Stephen Goldsmith, Center for the Living City

"The Sociable City is an excellent and sophisticated contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of urbanism. It brings a novel and enriched vocabulary to the history of urban thought through reconsideration of classic writers and the introduction of new ones as well."—Samuel Zipp, Brown University

"With persuasive arguments and highly inventive juxtapositions of sources, Rowan compellingly urges us to consider how Americans have understood and contested the meanings of human interactions in the city. The Sociable City surveys the urban ideas emerging from a strikingly wide-ranging variety of genres, while offering close readings that glisten with creative and surprising insights."—Benjamin Looker, author of A Nation of Neighborhoods

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction. Finding Fellow-Feeling in the City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Settlement Movement’s Push for Public Sympathy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2. New Deal Urbanism and the Contraction of Sympathy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter 3. Literary Urbanists and the Interwar Development of Urban Sociability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 4. The Ecology of Sociability in the Postwar City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Chapter 5. Jane Jacobs and the Consolidation of Urban Sociability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Conclusion. The Future of Urban Sociability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 208
Illustrations
- Other: 13 illus.
Keywords: Cultural Studies; Sociology; Urban Studies; Literature

eBook

Published: May 12, 2017
ISBN: 9780812294156