The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects. [electronic resource]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1961]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: xi, 657 p. plates, maps. 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.36
LOC classification:
  • HT111 .M8
Other classification:
  • 74.15
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Contents:
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
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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

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