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Reminiscences of Jean Gottman : oral history, 1987.

Creator: Gottmann, Jean.
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 96 leaves. Tape 7 cassettes.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

University professor.

Scope and Contents

Childhood; education, University of Paris, 1934-1937; teaching career, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1941-1944, University of Paris, 1948-1956, and Oxford University, 1968-1983; research in France, Japan, and United States; interest in complex urban systems, publication of Megalopolis, 1961; advancement of geographical, historical-geographical and socioeconomic approaches to urbanization theory; involvement in European postwar policies and European integration; reflections on his trans-Atlantic experiences and perspectives.

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987. Permission required to cite, quote, or reproduce. Contact repository for information.

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