000			01744nam a22004457a 4500
003			IIITD
005			20250624102752.0
008			250624b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780156180351
040			_aIIITD
082			_a301.36 _bMUM-C
100			_aMumford, Lewis
245			_aThe city in history : _bits origins, its transformations, and its prospects _cby Lewis Mumford
260			_aNew York : _bHarperCollins, _c©1961
300			_axi, 657 p. : _bill. ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_t1. Sanctuary, village, and stronghold
505			_t2. The crystallization of the city
505			_t3. Ancestral forms and patterns
505			_t4. The nature of the ancient city
505			_t5. Emergence of the polis
505			_t6. Citizen versus ideal city
505			_t7. Hellenistic absolutism and urbanity
505			_t8. Megalopolis into necropolis
505			_t9. Cloister and community
505			_t10. Medieval urban housekeeping
505			_t11. Medieval disruptions, modern anticipations
505			_t12. The structure of baroque power
505			_t13. Court, parade, and capital
505			_t14. Commercial expansion and urban dissolution
505			_t15. Paleotechnic paradise: Coketown
505			_t16. Suburbia - and beyond
505			_t17. The myth of megalopolis
505			_t18. Retrospect and prospect.
520			_aThe 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
650			_aCities and towns -- History
650			_aCity planning
650			_aSociology, Urban
942			_cBK _2ddc
999			_c208679 _d208679