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The City in History Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
Mumford, Lewis Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., New York, USA Year Published: 1961 Pages: 657pp Resource Type: Book
Beginning with an interpretation of the origin and nature of the city, Mumford follows the city's development from Egypt and Mesopotamia through Greece, Rome, and the Middle Ages to the modern world.
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Preface
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: Megalpolis 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
Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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