The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / by Lewis Mumford.
By: Mumford, Lewis [author.].
Series: Harvest book: Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt, Inc., [1989]Copyright date: �1989Description: xi, 657 pages, 64 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780156180351; 0156180359.Subject(s): Cities and towns -- History | Urbanization | Cities and towns -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 307.76| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Book | SKOLKOVO Library Shelves | HT111 .M8 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 2000007057 |
Originally published: 1961.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-634) and index.
Sanctuary, village, and stronghold -- The crystallization of the city -- Ancestral forms and patterns -- The nature of the ancient city -- Emergence of the polis -- Citizen versus ideal city -- Hellenistic absolutism and urbanity -- Megalopolis into necropolis -- Cloister and community -- Medieval urban housekeeping -- Medieval disruptions, modern anticipations -- The structure of Baroque power -- Court, parade, and capital -- Commercial expansion and urban dissolution -- Paleotechnic paradise : Coketown -- Suburbia- and beyond -- The myth of megalopolis -- Retrospect and prospect.
Winner of the National Book Award
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