LibGuides: WRTG 105 Utopia on the Page, in Theory, and in Practice (Corbeaux): BEAM Method

BEAM Method

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BEAM & the garden cities movement
Background:
Clark, B. (2003). Ebenezer Howard and the marriage of town and country: An introduction to Howard’s “Garden Cities of To-morrow” (Selections). Organization & Environment, 16(1), 87–97. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26161785
Will use this to establish the history of the "garden city" movement.

Exhibit:
Greenbelt Museum. (1935). Which Playground for Your Child? [poster]. https://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/copy-of-propaganda-history-exhibit-
Will use this as an example of propoganda supporting the experimental cooperative community in Greenbelt, MD.

Argument:
Townroe, B. S., M. A., J. P. "The Truth about Slums." Illustrated London News, 15 July 1933, p. 87. The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003, link.gale.com/apps/doc/HN3100298790/ILN?u=nysl_ro_rochstru&sid=bookmark-ILN&xid=fe3d41ed. Accessed 24 Aug. 2023.

Method:
Sighele, S., Huhn, T. & Pireddu, N. (2018). The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society. University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/j.ctv8bt0w8
Will use this to explain mob theory and how it applies to my argument.

Article citation	Primary or Secondary?	Background	Exhibit	Argument	Methods
Clark, B. (2003). Ebenezer Howard and the marriage of town and country: An introduction to Howard’s “Garden Cities of To-morrow” (Selections). Organization & Environment, 16(1), 87–97. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26161785	S	Will use this to establish the history of the "garden city" movement.		Will use this to argue about how the use of Howard's "garden city" ideas contributed to urban sprawl.
Greenbelt Museum. (1935). Which Playground for Your Child? [poster]. https://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/copy-of-propaganda-history-exhibit-	P		Will use this as an example of propoganda to convince people to move to Greenbelt
Sighele, S., Huhn, T. & Pireddu, N. (2018). The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society. University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/j.ctv8bt0w8	S				Will use this to explain mob theory and how it applies to my argument.