The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects. [electronic resource] - [1st ed.] - New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1961] - xi, 657 p. plates, maps. 25 cm.
Bibliography: p. 579-634.
1. 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 commnity -- 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
61007689
Cities and towns--History.
Steden.
Urbanisme--Histoire.
Villes--Histoire.
HT111 / .M8
301.36
The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects. [electronic resource] - [1st ed.] - New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1961] - xi, 657 p. plates, maps. 25 cm.
Bibliography: p. 579-634.
1. 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 commnity -- 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
61007689
Cities and towns--History.
Steden.
Urbanisme--Histoire.
Villes--Histoire.
HT111 / .M8
301.36