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The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / by Lewis Mumford.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, c1961.Description: xi, 657 p., 64 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780156180351
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT111 .M8 1989
Contents:
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.
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Textbooks Library Neapolis University Pafos NUP Main Collection: Textbooks HT111.M8 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan 3005956
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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.

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