Cheng contends that the complex legacy of utopian thought and 19th-century architectural experimentation includes Ebenezer Howard’s garden city planning—not typically thought of today, ... Cheng’s ...

S OME 120 years on, few remember the outrage provoked by the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to Theodore Roosevelt, the ...

We see through his eyes the benefits and mechanisms of utopian Boston in 2000, especially as it contrasts with the harsh inequalities and poorly-examined problems of the 19th century.