The city in history :its origins, its transformations, and its prospects /by Lewis Mumford.
Description
1Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold3 --2The Crystallization of the City29 --3Ancestral Forms and Patterns55 --4The Nature of the Ancient City94 --5Emergence of the Polis119 --6Citizen Versus Ideal City158 --7Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity183 --8Megalopolis into Necropolis205 --9Cloister and Community243 --10Medieval Urban Housekeeping281 --11Medieval Disruptions, Modern Anticipations315 --12The Structure of Baroque Power344 --13Court, Parade, and Capital375 --14Commercing Expansion and Urban Dissolution410 --15Paleotechnic Paradise: Coketown446 --16Suburbia--And Beyond482 --17The Myth of Megalopolis525 --18Retrospect and Prospect568.
xi, 657 pages, 50 unnumbered pages, 64 pages of plates :illustrations, maps ;21 cm.
Book Details
Author
Mumford, Lewis
Place Published
City
New York
Date Published
1961
Publication Subjects
Cities and towns--History.
Call No.
HT111 .M8
ISBN
9781518215605, 1518215602
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-634) and index.
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Media type: unmediatednrdamedia