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Author:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.

Title:

The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Publisher:

HarcourtBrace & World

Copyright Date:

1961

Description:

xi, 657 p. plates, maps. 25 cm.

Subject:

Cities and towns--History.
Steden.
Urbanisme--Histoire.
Villes--Histoire.

Notes:

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. Helleinistic absolutism and urbanity -- 8. Megalopolis into necropolis -- 9. Cloister and commnity -- 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

LCCN:

61007689

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