Mumford, Lewis,  1895-1990. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 579-634. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>61007689  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cities and towns--History.<br/>Steden.<br/>Urbanisme--Histoire.<br/>Villes--Histoire.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT111  / .M8 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.36