Cities in civilization / Peter Hall.

By:

Hall, Peter

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Fromm International, 1998.Description: xiii, 1169 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780880642507 (pbk.)
0880642505 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

307.7609 HAL 23 001304

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Table of contents

Contents:

Bk.1. The city as cultural crucible. Great cities in their golden ages ; The fountainhead, Athens 500-400 B.C. ; The rediscovery of life, Florence 1400-1500 ; The world as stage, London 1570-1620 ; The city as pleasure principle, Vienna 1780-1910 ; The capital of light, Paris 1870-1910 ; The invention of the Twentieth Century, Berlin 1918-1933 ; The key to creativity. Bk.2. The city as innovative milieu. The innovative milieu ; The first industrial city, Manchester 1760-1830 ; The conquest of the oceans, Glasgow 1770-1890 ; The pioneer technopolis, Berlin 1840-1930 ; The mass production of mobility, Detroit 1890-1915 ; The industrialization of information, San Francisco/Palo Alto/Berkeley 1950-1990 ; The state as permanent innovator, Tokyo-Kanagawa 1890-1990 ; The innovative essence. Bk.3. The marriage of art and technology. The invention of mass culture ; The dream factory, Los Angeles 1910-1945 ; The soul of the Delta, Memphis 1948-1956 ; The secret of the marriage. Bk.4. The establishment of the urban order. The challenge to the urban order ; The imperial capital, Rome 50 BC-AD 100 ; The utilitarian city, London 1825-1900 ; The city of perpetual public works, Paris 1850-1870 ; The apotheosis of the modern, New York 1880-1940 ; The city as freeway, Los Angeles 1900-1980 ; The social democratic utopia, Stockholm 1945-1980 ; The city of capitalism rampant, London 1979-1993 ; The achievement of the urban order. Bk.5. The union of art, technology, and organization. The city of the coming golden age.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	307.7609 HAL 001304 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009965
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	307.7609 HAL 001304 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001304

Includes bibliographical references (p [1051]-1134) and index.

Bk.1. The city as cultural crucible. Great cities in their golden ages ; The fountainhead, Athens 500-400 B.C. ; The rediscovery of life, Florence 1400-1500 ; The world as stage, London 1570-1620 ; The city as pleasure principle, Vienna 1780-1910 ; The capital of light, Paris 1870-1910 ; The invention of the Twentieth Century, Berlin 1918-1933 ; The key to creativity.
Bk.2. The city as innovative milieu. The innovative milieu ; The first industrial city, Manchester 1760-1830 ; The conquest of the oceans, Glasgow 1770-1890 ; The pioneer technopolis, Berlin 1840-1930 ; The mass production of mobility, Detroit 1890-1915 ; The industrialization of information, San Francisco/Palo Alto/Berkeley 1950-1990 ; The state as permanent innovator, Tokyo-Kanagawa 1890-1990 ; The innovative essence.
Bk.3. The marriage of art and technology. The invention of mass culture ; The dream factory, Los Angeles 1910-1945 ; The soul of the Delta, Memphis 1948-1956 ; The secret of the marriage.
Bk.4. The establishment of the urban order. The challenge to the urban order ; The imperial capital, Rome 50 BC-AD 100 ; The utilitarian city, London 1825-1900 ; The city of perpetual public works, Paris 1850-1870 ; The apotheosis of the modern, New York 1880-1940 ; The city as freeway, Los Angeles 1900-1980 ; The social democratic utopia, Stockholm 1945-1980 ; The city of capitalism rampant, London 1979-1993 ; The achievement of the urban order.
Bk.5. The union of art, technology, and organization. The city of the coming golden age.

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