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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky. Number of Pages: 240. Weight: 0.68 lbs. Publication Date: 2014-07-15. ISBN13: 9780813153773.

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During the late nineteenth century rapid social and economic changes negated the prevailing conception of the city as a uniform whole. Confronted with this disparity between the old urban definition and the new city of the late nineteenth century, social thinkers searched for a new concept that would correspond more closely to the divided urban community around them. Borrowing an analogy from natural history, these thinkers conceived of the city as an organism composed of interdependent neighborhoods and sought to translate this concept into ways of dealing with the dislocations and problems in urban life. In this new study of American urban history Patricia Melvin traces the growth of the idea of the organic city and the developing emphasis on the neighborhood as the basic urban unit. An early expression of the idea was the settlement house movement, but the most effective application of the idea, Melvin shows, was the social unit organization scheme worked out by Wilbur C. Phillips. As a social planner and organizer, Phillips first tried his approach in New York, then in Milwaukee, and finally in Cincinnati. Although initially successful in dealing with specific issues, Phillips's efforts eventually foundered on friction among ethnic groups and on the opposition of city politicians. Finally, in the 1920s the whole concept of the organic city was supplanted by a new view of the city based not upon a cooperative but upon a competitive model. The Organic City contributes new understanding to an important period of American urban history. Moreover, it shows clearly how important is the role of concepts in shaping the perception of social realities and the attempts to deal with them.

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University Press of Kentucky
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0813153778
ISBN-13
9780813153773
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Author
Patricia Mooney Melvin
Publication Name
Organic City : Urban Definition and Neighborhood Organization 1880--1920
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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8.5in
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5.5in
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20.2 Oz

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College Graduate Student
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Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Sociology / General, Development / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, General, United States / General, Sociology / Urban
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science

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