Main entry:

Miller, Donald L., 1944-

Title & Author:

Lewis Mumford, a life / Donald L. Miller.

Publication:

New York : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1989]

Description:

xxi, 628 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-606) and index.
Preface : call me Jonah! -- A solitary tree -- A New York boyhood -- A Jovian father -- A man in the making -- Son of Mannahatta -- A Grub Street apprenticeship -- Sophiology -- New York again -- Beyond Utopia -- Architecture as a home for man -- New towns for America -- Libra -- Golden days -- A period in purgatorio -- Crisis and opportunity -- The renewal of life -- Love and work -- One more love -- The culture of cities -- From lover to monk -- The barbarian eruption -- The primacy of the person -- The age of frustration -- Cities of men -- The endangered city -- Harvest time -- The myth of the machine -- The Amenia years.

Summary:

Based on ten years of research and unprecedented access to original and private papers, this is an engagingly written study of Lewis Mumford's full and fascinating life. It examines his life as one of the 20th century's most important American intellectuals and his contributions to history; philosophy; literary, art, and architectural criticism; urban planning; and the study of technology. He was perhaps the world's foremost authority on cities, architecture, and technology, as well as receiving nearly every major intellectual award, including the National Medal for the Arts.

ISBN:

1555842445 (alk. paper)
9781555842444 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
Mumford, Lewis <1895-1990>
Mumford, Lewis 1895-1990
Mumford, Lewis.
Social reformers United States Biography.
City planners United States Biography.
Architects United States Biography.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Réformateurs sociaux États-Unis Biographies.
Urbanistes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects.
City planners.
Social reformers.
Biografie
City planners United States 20th century Biography.
Social reformers United States 20th century Biography.
Architects United States 20th century Biography.
United States.
Architects Biography United States
City planners Biography United States
Social reformers Biography United States

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 54034
Call No.: ID:90-B2682
Status: Available