The Lewis Mumford reader / edited by Donald L. Miller.

Author
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Pantheon Books, ©1986.
Description
391 pages ; 25 cm

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            Subject(s)
            Bibliographic references
            Includes bibliographical references and index.
            Contents
            • I.A child of the city. East side, west side ; All around the town ; Our metropolitan pageants
            • II. Architecture as a home for man. The Brooklyn Bridge ; Towards modern architecture ; The case against "modern architecture" ; Symbol and function in architecture
            • III. The city in civilization. What is a city? ; The disappearing city ; The medieval city ; The baroque city ; The lessons of Washington, D.C.
            • IV. The urban prospect. The ideal form of the modern city ; Yesterday's city of tomorrow ; Home remedies for urban cancer ; Restored circulation, renewed life ; The regional framework of civilization ; The foundations of eutopia ; The choices ahead
            • V. Visions of America. The origins of the American mind ; The golden day ; The new world promise
            • VI. Technology and culture. Technics and human development ; The first megamachine ; The monastery and the clock ; The reinvention of the megamachine ; Art and technics
            • VII. Epilogue: Call me Jonah!
            ISBN
            • 0394555260
            • 9780394555263
            • 0394746309 ((pbk.))
            • 9780394746302 ((pbk.))
            LCCN
            86042617
            OCLC
            13559971
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