This fascinating book examines the Regional Planning Association of America (RPAA), a loosely organized association of ambitious and influential planners who hoped to guide the new urban and industrial developments of the early twentieth century and thereby design a radically improved America.
After discussing the roots of this effort in the Progressive and World War I periods, Edward K.
Spann traces the development of the RPAA from its formation in 1923 through the decades o.
Ohio State University Press Designing modern america: the regional planning association of america and its members, paperback/edward k. spann
