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The City in History : Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects / Lewis Mumford.

By: Language: English Publication details: New York : Harvest ; 1989.Description: xi, 657 pages : plates, maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780156180351
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT111, M86 1989
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. Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity – 8. Megalopolis Into Necropolis – 9. Cloister and Community – 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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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library HT111, M962 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10731

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. Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity – 8. Megalopolis Into Necropolis – 9. Cloister and Community – 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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