The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

by Mumford, Lewis

• ISBN13: 9780156180351
• ISBN10: 0156180359
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1968-06-01
• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN (A)

Summary

The city's development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. "One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century" (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold	p. 3
The Crystallization of the City	p. 29
Ancestral Forms and Patterns	p. 55
The Nature of the Ancient City	p. 94
Emergence of the Polis	p. 119
Citizen Versus Ideal City	p. 158
Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity	p. 183
Megalopolis into Necropolis	p. 205
Cloister and Community	p. 243
Medieval Urban Housekeeping	p. 281
Medieval Disruptions, Modern Anticipations	p. 315
The Structure of Baroque Power	p. 344
Court, Parade, and Capital	p. 375
Commercing Expansion and Urban Dissolution	p. 410
Paleotechnic Paradise: Coketown	p. 446
Suburbia--And Beyond	p. 482
The Myth of Megalopolis	p. 525
Retrospect and Prospect	p. 568
Bibliography	p. 579
Acknowledgments	p. 635
Index	p. 637
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.