num_pages: 1184
description: Peter Hall explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilization, from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC and Florence in the fifteenth century through the industrial innovations of Manchester, cotton and steam, and Palo Alto, computing, to the city as freeway, Los Angeles.
language: English
title: Cities in Civilization
titlecomplete: Cities in Civilization
genres: Urbanism, Geography, Cities, Nonfiction, Architecture, Urban Studies, Sociology, Unfinished, History, Urban Planning
ratings_count: 102
publisher: Orion Publishing