Summer Reading 2013: The History of Downtown Phoenix and the Context of Urbanism post-WW2
The books (so far, there’ll be more):
- The Emerging Metropolis: Phoenix 1945-1973, William Collins (2005)
- Urban Theory and the Urban Experience: Encountering the City, Simon Parker (2004)
- Urban Policy Reconsidered: Dialogues on the Problems and Prospects of American Cities, Charles Euchner and Stephen McGovern (2003)
- Metropolitan Phoenix: Place Making and Community Building in the Desert, Patricia Gober (2006)
- Growth in Arizona: The Machine in the Garden, Morrison Institute at Arizona State University (1998)
- Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix: 1860-2009, Philip VanderMeer (2010)
- Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment, John Rennie Short (2006)
- Images of America: Downtown Phoenix, J Seth Anderson, Suad Mahmuljin, and Jim McPherson (2011)
- Megapolitan: Arizona’s Sun Corridor, Morrison Institute (2008)
More will be added, I’m sure…