The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / by Lewis Mumford.

Author
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 [Browse]
Format
Book
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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              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.
              ISBN
              • 0151180113
              • 9780151180110
              LCCN
              61007689
              OCLC
              964905
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