Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

The City in History : Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects / Lewis Mumford. - New York : Harvest ; 1989. - xi, 657 pages : plates, maps ; 21 cm.

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.

9780156180351


Citys and towns--Histtory

HT111, / M86 1989