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The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / by Lewis Mumford.
Author
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [©1961]
Description
xi, 657 pages, 50 unnumbered pages, 64 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Cities and towns
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History
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City planning
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History
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Summary note
Examines the development and nature of the city from Egypt to Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and the Middle Ages to the modern world.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Bibliography: p. 579-634.
Contents
1. Sanctuary, village, and stronghold
2. The crystallization of the city
3. Ancestral forms and patterns
4. The nature of the ancient city
5. Emergence of the polis
6. Citizen versus ideal city
7. Hellenistic absolutism and urbanity
8. Megalopolis into necropolis
9. Cloister and community
10. Medieval urban housekeeping
11. Medieval disruptions, modern anticipations
12. The structure of baroque power
13. Court, parade, and capital
14. Commercial expansion and urban dissolution
15. Paleotechnic paradise : Coketown
16. Suburbia-and beyond
17. The myth of megalopolis
18. Retrospect and prospect.
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ISBN
0151180113
9780151180110
LCCN
61007689
OCLC
964905
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