[audiobook] Disciplinary Measures from the Metrical Psalms to Milton by Kenneth J.E. Graham in Arts-Photography

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The typical town springs up around a natural resource—a river; an ocean; an exceptionally deep harbor—or in proximity to a larger; already thriving town. Not so with “new towns;” which are created by decree rather than out of necessity and are often intended to break from the tendencies of past development. New towns aren’t a new thing—ancient Phoenicians named their colonies Qart Hadasht; or New City—but these utopian developments saw a resurgence in the twentieth century.In Practicing Utopia; Rosemary Wakeman gives us a sweeping view of the new town movement as a global phenomenon. From Tapiola in Finland to Islamabad in Pakistan; Cergy-Pontoise in France to Irvine in California; Wakeman unspools a masterly account of the golden age of new towns; exploring their utopian qualities and investigating what these towns can tell us about contemporary modernization and urban planning. She presents the new town movement as something truly global; defying a Cold War East-West dichotomy or the north-south polarization of rich and poor countries. Wherever these new towns were located; whatever their size; whether famous or forgotten; they shared a utopian lineage and conception that; in each case; reveals how residents and planners imagined their ideal urban future.