American Skyline; the growth and form of our cities and towns

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Second edition. Hardcover. Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, very mild bumping to front board-top corner, little over 2 inch clipped tear to front free endpaper, almost one inch clipped tear to front DJ-top edge, light sunning to DJ spine, light soiling to DJ and fore-edges, else very good in very good DJ. in very good dust-jacket. Octavo in blue illus DJ, 302 pages, b&w illustrations, 22 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Introduction: The temple and the city. Temples of commerce; Temples to God; Temples of government -- pt. 1: The Colonial pattern 1607-1776. The first communities; Courthouse square and "village" green; The American baroque -- pt. 2: The young republic 1776-1825. The American Roman style; City planning of the new nation; The merchant's city; State capital and college town -- pt. 3: The Romantic era 1825-1850. The speculative pattern; Labyrinth and milldam; The coming of amenities; Romantic taste -- pt. 4: The age of steam and iron 1850-1880. The railroad; New towns on prairie and mountain; The city of the Civil War; The fashion for the picturesque -- pt. 5: The city as a way of life: the expanding city I 1880-1910. The technological wave; The apartment house and the tall office building; Railroad towns and industrial suburbs; The dormitory suburb; The tenement and the urban reform movement -- pt. 6: The city beautiful: the expanding city II 1880-1910. Palace and monument; The American Renaissance -- pt. 7: The city of towers 1910-1933. The skyscraper; Speculation and the automobile; Planned communities; The city efficient; The new city pattern -- pt. 8: The regional city 1933-. The New Deal and World War II; Victory and after; Traffic, parking and city planning; The American tradition -- pt. 9: The seven eras of the American city: a key to significant related factors in the growth, structure and planning of the American community. Cities and towns -- United States.