An edition of The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects (1961)

The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects.

[1st ed.]

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 58 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read
Cover of: The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects. by Lewis Mumford
Preview Only
Borrow Listen

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • ★★★★★ 5.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 58 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
December 14, 2023 | History
Edit
An edition of The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects (1961)

The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects.

[1st ed.]

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 58 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Language
English
Pages
657

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects
Cities and towns, History, Steden, Villes, Urbanisme, Histoire, City Planning, Social Conditions

Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects.
The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects.
1961, Harcourt, Brace & World
in English - [1st ed.]
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Published in

New York

Table of 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

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 579-634.

Also issued online.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
301.36
Library of Congress
HT111 .M8

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 657 p.
Number of pages
657

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5821442M
Internet Archive
cityinhistoryits00mumf
LCCN
61007689
OCLC/WorldCat
964905
Library Thing
89752

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

See All

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
December 14, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
September 28, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 26, 2011 Edited by EdwardBot merge lending editions
August 11, 2011 Edited by ImportBot add ia_box_id to scanned books
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record.