Physical Culture and the Biopolitics of the International Garden City Movement
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-86980-8 (ISBN)
This book revisits the history of the international garden city town planning movement in the early twentieth century, focusing on the significance of various forms of 'physical culture' - sport, recreation, leisure, and other active body practices - within garden city planning discourse and the development of some of the first garden city communities in the United Kingdom and United States.
Samuel M. Clevenger is Assistant Professor at Towson University, USA.
Introduction: Biopolitics and the Physical Culture of the Garden City Model.- 1. The Significance of Physical Culture in Ebenezer Howard's Garden City Model.- 2. Town-Country Physical Culture and the Rise of Letchworth Garden City.- 3. The New Recreation: Physical Culture and the Regional Planning Association of America.- 4. Highwayless Physical Culture in the Planning of Sunnyside Gardens and Radburn.- Conclusion: Garden City Bodies for 'To-morrow'?.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.04.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 218 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Schlagworte | Built Environment • physical health • planning discourse • Sport • urban planning |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-86980-X / 303186980X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-86980-8 / 9783031869808 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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