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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1961.Edition: [1st ed.]Description: xi, 657 p. : plates, maps. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780156180351 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.7609 MUM 23 007482
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Contents:
1 Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold 3 -- 2 The Crystallization of the City 29 -- 3 Ancestral Forms and Patterns 55 -- 4 The Nature of the Ancient City 94 -- 5 Emergence of the Polis 119 -- 6 Citizen Versus Ideal City 158 -- 7 Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity 183 -- 8 Megalopolis into Necropolis 205 -- 9 Cloister and Community 243 -- 10 Medieval Urban Housekeeping 281 -- 11 Medieval Disruptions, Modern Anticipations 315 -- 12 The Structure of Baroque Power 344 -- 13 Court, Parade, and Capital 375 -- 14 Commercing Expansion and Urban Dissolution 410 -- 15 Paleotechnic Paradise: Coketown 446 -- 16 Suburbia--And Beyond 482 -- 17 The Myth of Megalopolis 525 -- 18 Retrospect and Prospect 568.
Summary: The citys̕ development from ancient times to the modern age.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-634) and index.

1 Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold 3 --
2 The Crystallization of the City 29 --
3 Ancestral Forms and Patterns 55 --
4 The Nature of the Ancient City 94 --
5 Emergence of the Polis 119 --
6 Citizen Versus Ideal City 158 --
7 Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity 183 --
8 Megalopolis into Necropolis 205 --
9 Cloister and Community 243 --
10 Medieval Urban Housekeeping 281 --
11 Medieval Disruptions, Modern Anticipations 315 --
12 The Structure of Baroque Power 344 --
13 Court, Parade, and Capital 375 --
14 Commercing Expansion and Urban Dissolution 410 --
15 Paleotechnic Paradise: Coketown 446 --
16 Suburbia--And Beyond 482 --
17 The Myth of Megalopolis 525 --
18 Retrospect and Prospect 568.

The citys̕ development from ancient times to the modern age.

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