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

Examines the development and nature of the city from Egypt to Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and the Middle Ages to the modern world.

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Main Author: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [©1961]
Subjects and Genres:
Cities and towns > History.
City planning > History.
Urbanisme > Histoire.
Villes > Histoire.
Cities and towns.
Steden.
History.
Dust jackets (Binding)
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260 |a New York :  |b Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.,  |c [©1961] 
300 |a xi, 657 pages, 50 unnumbered pages, 64 pages of plates :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 25 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-634) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
530 |a Also issued online. 
520 |a Examines the development and nature of the city from Egypt to Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and the Middle Ages to the modern world. 
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