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_dUK-RwCLS
050 0 4 _aHT111
_b.M8 1989
082 0 4 _a307.76
_223
100 1 _aMumford, Lewis,
_d1895-1990,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe city in history :
_bits origins, its transformations, and its prospects /
_cby Lewis Mumford.
264 1 _aSan Diego :
_bHarcourt, Inc.,
_c[1989]
264 4 _c�1989
300 _axi, 657 pages, 64 pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aA Harvest book
500 _aOriginally published: 1961.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 579-634) and index.
505 0 _aSanctuary, 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.
586 _aWinner of the National Book Award
650 0 _aCities and towns
_xHistory.
650 0 _aUrbanization.
650 0 _aCities and towns
_xSocial aspects.
830 0 _aHarvest book.
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