The “Peculiar” Context of Southern Economic Development FDR’s southern strategies were fundamental, even radical–focused on infrastructure and an agricultural “revolution”. Both threatened the traditional Redeemer
Category: Book 3
Miami Florida
MIAMI (Dade) Miami, FL: Miami was a speculative dream of Henry Flager (a Rockefeller Standard Oil partner; the lawyer who drafted its corporate charter) (Brands, 2010,
City Beautiful: Origins, Burnham, and the Chicago Plan
Cleveland: City Beautiful as “a City on a Hill” The most tangible tie with Downing’s romanticism sprang from an 1895 design competition promoted by young
Cleveland Ohio
Cleveland: City Beautiful as “a City on a Hill” The most tangible tie with Downing’s romanticism sprang from an 1895 design competition promoted by young
Chicago City-Building: William B. Ogden
Chapter 2 Chicago C-B The ICRR model was in essence government contracting with a private corporation to devise and manage its core economic development
Penn, Privatism, Pennsylvania and Sam Bass Warner: Political Culture
Religious values and beliefs were central to the residents of each colonial jurisdiction and they were infused into politics, political structures, and political administrative/policy/relationships. Religion
Ron W. Coan 