01377cam a22001931a 4500001001000000003000900010005001700019008004100036020001800077040008100095050002000176100003200196245010000228260004900328300005600377504006400433505065600497650003001153b10567203CY-PaNEU20200628125545.0150326t19611989nyuabf   b    001 0 eng    a9780156180351  aDLCbengcDLCdWSUdNLGGCdXMAdBTCTAdLVBdOCLCGdJCRdOCLCQdGZUdCY-PaNEU04aHT111b.M8 19891 aMumford, Lewis,d1895-1990.14aThe city in history :bits origins, its transformations, and its prospects /cby Lewis Mumford.  aNew York :bHarcourt, Brace & World,cc1961.  axi, 657 p., 64 p. of plates :bill., maps ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 579-634) and index.0 a1. 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. 0aCities and townsxHistory