The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its ProspectsThe 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” (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations. |
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THE CITY IN HISTORY: Its Origins, Its Transformations, And Its Prospects
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Sisältö
SANCTUARY VILLAGE AND STRONGHOLD | 3 |
THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE CITY | 29 |
ANCESTRAL FORMS AND PATTERNS | 55 |
THE NATURE OF THE ANCIENT CITY | 94 |
EMERGENCE OF THE POLIS | 119 |
CITIZEN VERSUS IDEAL CITY | 158 |
HELLENISTIC ABSOLUTISM AND URBANITY | 183 |
MEGALOPOLIS INTO NECROPOLIS | 205 |
THE STRUCTURE OF BAROQUE POWER | 344 |
COURT PARADE AND CAPITAL | 375 |
COMMERCIAL EXPANSION AND URBAN DISSOLUTION | 410 |
PALEOTECHNIC PARADISE COKETOWN | 446 |
SUBURBIAAND BEYOND | 482 |
THE MYTH OF MEGALOPOLIS | 525 |
RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT | 568 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 579 |
CLOISTER AND COMMUNITY | 243 |
MEDIEVAL URBAN HOUSEKEEPING | 281 |
MEDIEVAL DISRUPTIONS MODERN ANTICIPATIONS | 315 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 635 |
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| Otsikko | The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects Nide 67 / A Harbinger book Harvest/HBJ book Nide 747 / Pelican books Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Kirjoittaja | Lewis Mumford |
| Painos | kuvitettu, uusintapainos |
| Kustantaja | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1961 |
| ISBN | 0156180359, 9780156180351 |
| Pituus | 657 sivua |
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