Cities in civilization
By: Peter Hall.
Edition: 1st Fromm International pbk. ed.
Publisher: Fromm International
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1169
Subjects: Cities and towns -- History; Cities and towns -- Growth -- History; Civilization; City and town life
Notes: Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [1051]-1134) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bk.1. The city as cultural crucible. Great cities in their golden ages ; The fountainhead, Athens 500-400 B.C. ; The rediscovery of life, Florence 1400-1500 ; The world as stage, London 1570-1620 ; The city as pleasure principle, Vienna 1780-1910 ; The capital of light, Paris 1870-1910 ; The invention of the Twentieth Century, Berlin 1918-1933 ; The key to creativity.; title: Bk.2. The city as innovative milieu. The innovative milieu ; The first industrial city, Manchester 1760-1830 ; The conquest of the oceans, Glasgow 1770-1890 ; The pioneer technopolis, Berlin 1840-1930 ; The mass production of mobility, Detroit 1890-1915 ; The industrialization of information, San Francisco/Palo Alto/Berkeley 1950-1990 ; The state as permanent innovator, Tokyo-Kanagawa 1890-1990 ; The innovative essence.; title: Bk.3. The marriage of art and technology. The invention of mass culture ; The dream factory, Los Angeles 1910-1945 ; The soul of the Delta, Memphis 1948-1956 ; The secret of the marriage.; title: Bk.4. The establishment of the urban order. The challenge to the urban order ; The imperial capital, Rome 50 BC-AD 100 ; The utilitarian city, London 1825-1900 ; The city of perpetual public works, Paris 1850-1870 ; The apotheosis of the modern, New York 1880-1940 ; The city as freeway, Los Angeles 1900-1980 ; The social democratic utopia, Stockholm 1945-1980 ; The city of capitalism rampant, London 1979-1993 ; The achievement of the urban order.; title: Bk.5. The union of art, technology, and organization. The city of the coming golden age.