The city in history : | its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / | by Lewis Mumford.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / by Lewis Mumford. - New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, c1961. - xi, 657 p., 64 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-634) 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. Helleinistic 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.
9780156180351
Cities and towns--History
HT111 / .M8 1989
The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / by Lewis Mumford. - New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, c1961. - xi, 657 p., 64 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-634) 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. Helleinistic 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.
9780156180351
Cities and towns--History
HT111 / .M8 1989