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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Table of Contents
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
Subject Headings
