Main entry:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.

Title & Author:

The city in history : its origins, its transformations, and its prospects / by Lewis Mumford.

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Publication:

New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1961]

Description:

xi, 657 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-634) and index.
Sanctuary, village, and stronghold -- The crystallization of the city -- Ancestral forms and patterns -- The nature of the ancient city -- Emergence of the polis -- Citizen versus ideal city -- Helleinistic absolutism and urbanity -- Megalopolis into necropolis -- Cloister and community -- Medieval urban housekeeping -- Medieval disruptions, modern anticipations -- The structure of baroque power -- Court, parade, and capital -- Commercial expansion and urban dissolution -- Paleotechnic paradise : Coketown -- Suburbia-and beyond -- The myth of megalopolis -- Retrospect and prospect.

Summary:

An examination of Cities of the Western world tracing their development from Egypt through the Middle Ages to the present.

ISBN:

0156180359
9780156180351
0151180113
9780151180110

Subject:

Cities and towns History.
City planning History.
Urbanisme Histoire.
Villes Histoire.
City planning
Cities and towns
Steden.

Form/genre:

History
Dust jackets (Binding) NNC.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35475
Call No.: NA44.M962 (740)
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 35476
Call No.: NA44.M962 (740)
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available