Mark S Foster
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3919709 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mark S Foster |
| PRENOMES | Mark S |
| SOBRENOME | Foster |
| ASSINATURA | FOSTER M S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Colorado Denver |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 38 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1975 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams
Buyways
Reviewed by: Buyways: Billboards, Automobiles, and the American Landscape Mark S. Foster (bio) Buyways: Billboards, Automobiles, and the American Landscape. By Catherine Gudis. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. Pp. 333. $90/$22. In recent years gifted scholars, including Jackson Lears and Pamela Laird, have vastly expanded historical knowledge of American advertising, and there are numerous books on marketing products outdoors. When first ope…
Castles in the Sand
Castles in the Sand
Though largely forgotten now, during the early twentieth century Carl Graham Fisher achieved success and fame in several different but related areas of business. In succession, he was an important automotive parts manufacturer, the founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the promoter of the transnational Lincoln and Dixie highways, and, most important, the founder of Miami Beach during the Florida real estate boom of the 1920s. Fisher's overe…
"In the Face of "Jim Crow
Studebaker
Reviewed by: Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation * Mark S. Foster (bio) Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation. By Donald T. Critchlow. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. Pp. x+273; illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95. When the last American-made Studebaker automobile rolled off the assembly line in South Bend, Indiana, in December 1963, one of the last remaining independent…
Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington
Journal Article Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington: The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur. By Stephen B. Adams. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. xvi, 239 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-8078-2358-9.) Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998, Pages 740–741, https://do…
Studebaker
Taylored Lives
A Century after the "Closing" of the American Frontier
Given the prominence of the social, economic, and political issues currently being debated by the so-called Western historians, a re-immersion into questions concerning the meaning of the frontier might, at first glance, appear to be quaint academic wool-gathering. Yet, as David M. Wrobel suggests, his study is western history than intellectual history . . . more than peripheral to the current debate (p. vii). The focus is not on whether and when…
American Cities and Towns
Journal Article American Cities and Towns: Historical Perspectives. Ed. by Joseph F. Rishel. (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1992. viii, 262 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-8207-0239-0.) Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, June 1994, Pages 223–224, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081008 Publis…
Rocky Mountain West
Henry M. Porter
Henry M. Porter
Journal Article Henry M. Porter: Rocky Mountain Empire Builder. By Mark S. Foster. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1991. xvi + 184 pp. $19.95.) Get access Henry M. Porter: Rocky Mountain Empire Builder. By Foster Mark S.. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1991. xvi + 184 pp. $19.95.) Richard Hogan Richard Hogan Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of …
Henry J. Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
Carson, Pirie, Scott
Cities of Tomorrow
Henry J. Kaiser
Journal Article Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West. By Mark S. Foster. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989. xvi + 358 pp. $29.95.) Get access Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Ohio State University, Columbus Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 1068–1069, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079106 Published: 01 December 1990
Who's in Charge? Some Recent Works on the Historical Evolution of Power Structure in Urban America
Book Review| January 01 1987 Who's in Charge? Some Recent Works on the Historical Evolution of Power Structure in Urban America San Francisco, 1865-1932: Politics, Power, and Urban DevelopmentWilliam IsselRobert ChernyCleveland: A Tradition of ReformDavid D. Van TasselJohn J. GrabowskiThe Twentieth Century American City: Problem, Promise, and RealityJon C. TeafordMetropolitan America: Urban Life and Urban Policy in the United States, 1940-1980Ken…
Prosperity's Prophet
Journal Article Prosperity's Prophet: Henry J. Kaiser and the Consumer/Suburban Culture: 1930–1950 Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster professor of history University of Colorado at Denver. Support for this article was provided by the Herbert C. Hoover Presidential Library, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, the University of Colorado, and the Kaiser Family Foundation Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sc…
Giant of the West
Many entrepreneurs have contributed to the economic growth of the Far West, from the railroad builders of the nineteenth century to the modern day pioneers in Silicon Valley. In this article, Professor Foster focuses on the career of Henry J. Kaiser—an entrepreneur who was unquestionably one of the key figures in the modernization of the region. Though Foster does not slight the economic and political factors that made possible Kaiser's achieveme…
A Theory of Good City Form . Kevin Lynch
The American small town
From Streetcar to Superhighway
Journal Article From Streetcar to Superhighway: American City Planners and Urban Transportation, 1900–1940. By Mark S. Foster. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1981. xiv + 246 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographic note, and index. $19.95.) Get access Glen E. Holt Glen E. Holt Washington University, Saint Louis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 4, March 1…
"In the Face of "Jim Crow
The Model-T, the Hard Sell, and Los Angeles's Urban Growth
Research Article| November 01 1975 The Model-T, the Hard Sell, and Los Angeles's Urban Growth: The Decentralization of Los Angeles during the 1920s Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (1975) 44 (4): 459–484. https://doi.org/10.2307/3638066 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Faceb…
Giant of the West
Many entrepreneurs have contributed to the economic growth of the Far West, from the railroad builders of the nineteenth century to the modern day pioneers in Silicon Valley. In this article, Professor Foster focuses on the career of Henry J. Kaiser—an entrepreneur who was unquestionably one of the key figures in the modernization of the region. Though Foster does not slight the economic and political factors that made possible Kaiser's achieveme…
Castles in the Sand
Though largely forgotten now, during the early twentieth century Carl Graham Fisher achieved success and fame in several different but related areas of business. In succession, he was an important automotive parts manufacturer, the founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the promoter of the transnational Lincoln and Dixie highways, and, most important, the founder of Miami Beach during the Florida real estate boom of the 1920s. Fisher's overe…
American Cities and Towns
Journal Article American Cities and Towns: Historical Perspectives. Ed. by Joseph F. Rishel. (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1992. viii, 262 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-8207-0239-0.) Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, June 1994, Pages 223–224, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081008 Publis…
The American small town
City Planners and Urban Transportation
The Model-T, the Hard Sell, and Los Angeles's Urban Growth
Research Article| November 01 1975 The Model-T, the Hard Sell, and Los Angeles's Urban Growth: The Decentralization of Los Angeles during the 1920s Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (1975) 44 (4): 459–484. https://doi.org/10.2307/3638066 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Faceb…
The Heritage of Dubuque
Journal Article The Heritage of Dubuque: An Architectural View. By Lawrence J. Sommer. (Dubuque: First National Bank of Dubuque, 1975. xii + 172 pp. Illustrations, table, notes, bibliography, and index. $12.50.) Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster University of Colorado, Denver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 3, December 1976, Pages 709–710, https://doi.or…
Architecture in the United States
Journal Article Architecture in the United States: A Survey of Architectural Styles Since 1776. By Ralph W. Hammett. (New York: Wiley, 1976. xi + 409 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $20.00.) Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster University of Colorado, Denver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 2, September 1977, Page 426, https://doi.org/10.2…
The Port of New York
Journal Article The Port of New York: A History of the Rail and Terminal System from the Beginnings to Pennsylvania Station. By Carl W. Condit. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. xvii + 456 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.) Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster University of Colorado, Denver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Vo…
Interstate
The Automobile in the Urban Environment
Research Article| October 01 1981 The Automobile in the Urban Environment: Planning for an Energy-Short Future Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1981) 3 (4): 23–31. https://doi.org/10.2307/3376842 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools G…
From Streetcar to Superhighway
Journal Article From Streetcar to Superhighway: American City Planners and Urban Transportation, 1900–1940. By Mark S. Foster. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1981. xiv + 246 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographic note, and index. $19.95.) Get access Glen E. Holt Glen E. Holt Washington University, Saint Louis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 4, March 1…
PCC
This history of the development of the PCC electric street railway car during the 1930s and its refinement into the 1950s contains a significant amount of technical detail. Beginning with the 1930 street railway industry--one in decline and lacking a modern, competitive vehicle, the book traces the market study, research and development efforts, production and application of the vehicle. Operators and suppliers funded the effort through the Elect…
A Theory of Good City Form . Kevin Lynch
The American small town
Giant of the West
Many entrepreneurs have contributed to the economic growth of the Far West, from the railroad builders of the nineteenth century to the modern day pioneers in Silicon Valley. In this article, Professor Foster focuses on the career of Henry J. Kaiser—an entrepreneur who was unquestionably one of the key figures in the modernization of the region. Though Foster does not slight the economic and political factors that made possible Kaiser's achieveme…
Prosperity's Prophet
Journal Article Prosperity's Prophet: Henry J. Kaiser and the Consumer/Suburban Culture: 1930–1950 Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster professor of history University of Colorado at Denver. Support for this article was provided by the Herbert C. Hoover Presidential Library, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, the University of Colorado, and the Kaiser Family Foundation Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sc…
Who's in Charge? Some Recent Works on the Historical Evolution of Power Structure in Urban America
Book Review| January 01 1987 Who's in Charge? Some Recent Works on the Historical Evolution of Power Structure in Urban America San Francisco, 1865-1932: Politics, Power, and Urban DevelopmentWilliam IsselRobert ChernyCleveland: A Tradition of ReformDavid D. Van TasselJohn J. GrabowskiThe Twentieth Century American City: Problem, Promise, and RealityJon C. TeafordMetropolitan America: Urban Life and Urban Policy in the United States, 1940-1980Ken…
Carson, Pirie, Scott
Cities of Tomorrow
Henry J. Kaiser
Journal Article Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West. By Mark S. Foster. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989. xvi + 358 pp. $29.95.) Get access Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Ohio State University, Columbus Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 1068–1069, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079106 Published: 01 December 1990
Henry J. Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
Henry M. Porter
Henry M. Porter
Journal Article Henry M. Porter: Rocky Mountain Empire Builder. By Mark S. Foster. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1991. xvi + 184 pp. $19.95.) Get access Henry M. Porter: Rocky Mountain Empire Builder. By Foster Mark S.. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1991. xvi + 184 pp. $19.95.) Richard Hogan Richard Hogan Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of …
Rocky Mountain West
Taylored Lives
A Century after the "Closing" of the American Frontier
Given the prominence of the social, economic, and political issues currently being debated by the so-called Western historians, a re-immersion into questions concerning the meaning of the frontier might, at first glance, appear to be quaint academic wool-gathering. Yet, as David M. Wrobel suggests, his study is western history than intellectual history . . . more than peripheral to the current debate (p. vii). The focus is not on whether and when…
American Cities and Towns
Journal Article American Cities and Towns: Historical Perspectives. Ed. by Joseph F. Rishel. (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1992. viii, 262 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-8207-0239-0.) Get access Mark S. Foster Mark S. Foster University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, June 1994, Pages 223–224, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081008 Publis…
Studebaker
Reviewed by: Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation * Mark S. Foster (bio) Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation. By Donald T. Critchlow. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. Pp. x+273; illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95. When the last American-made Studebaker automobile rolled off the assembly line in South Bend, Indiana, in December 1963, one of the last remaining independent…
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