num_pages: 1184
description: The product of over a decade's research and writing, Peter Hall's magnum opus explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilisation from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC to the city as freeway, Los Angeles. A major book which will stand alongside such successful works of popular scholarship as Simon Schama's Citizens, Rob Hughes The shock of the New Orlando Figes' A peoples tragedy.
language: English
title: Cities in Civilization
titlecomplete: Cities in Civilization
genres: Architecture, History, Geography, Sociology, Cities, Urban Studies, Unfinished, Urbanism, Nonfiction, Urban Planning
ratings_count: 102
publisher: Fromm Intl