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Arguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. Carl Smith's fascinating history reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself.

Smith's concise and accessible narrative begins with a survey of Chicago's stunning rise from a...

John Bunyan ended his "The Pilgrim's Progress" with his lead character, Christian, just inside heaven's gates. "The Pilgrim's Future" takes the contemporary Christian from the Rapture to heaven-and then-into a whirlwind of Scriptural experiences as far as the Bible takes us.

Does a believer stay in heaven forever? Christian finds himself back on Earth after only seven years. He experiences a host of events in this world and the new world to come. Veteran Bible scholar Alton Carl Smith traces the steps of Christian on his breathtaking trek through the future, verse-by-verse, in his...

This project contains a look into the manufacturing company of Ford Motor Company. Research was done about how the company runs business, both globally and domestically. In this report, the company's mission, goals, strategies, product and service portfolios, market share and profit performance, technology and employment information are outlined. Key successes and weakness failures are also discussed in detail.

Information about Ford's use of computer systems and an information model for the company is also included. The information model displays Ford's Work System, showing which...

Home to the so-called big five publishers as well as hundreds of smaller presses, renowned literary agents, a vigorous arts scene, and an uncountable number of aspiring and established writers alike, New York City is widely perceived as the publishing capital of the United States and the world. This book traces the origins and early evolution of the city's rise to literary preeminence.

Through five case studies, Steven Carl Smith examines publishing in New York from the post-Revolutionary War period through the Jacksonian era. He discusses the gradual development of local, regional,...