The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects
Mumford, Lewis
The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects by Lewis Mumford - New York : HarperCollins, ©1961 - xi, 657 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century
9780156180351
Cities and towns -- History
City planning
Sociology, Urban
301.36 / MUM-C
The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects by Lewis Mumford - New York : HarperCollins, ©1961 - xi, 657 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century
9780156180351
Cities and towns -- History
City planning
Sociology, Urban
301.36 / MUM-C