Metropolis
Subtitle: ten cities, ten centuries
By: by Albert Lorenz with Joy Schleh
Contributors: Schleh, Joy
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Ringwood, Vic
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780670872053
Subjects: Cities and towns; History; Architecture
Description: In this history, each century is examined through the perspective of a city that helped define the age. Maps drawn from a bird's eye point of view introduce each chapter, then follows a dramatic historical event which represents the spirit of the age under examination.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Jerusalem, 11th century; title: Paris, 12th century; title: A Mongol tent city, 13th century; title: Koblenz, 14th century; title: Voyage of discovery, 15th century; title: Florence, 16th century; title: Osaka, 17th century; title: Vienna, 18th century; title: London, 19th century; title: New York, 20th century.