The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 657
Subjects: Cities and towns -- History
Notes: Bibliography: p. 579-634.

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Table of contents: title: 1. Sanctuary, village, and stronghold; title: 2. The crystallization of the city; title: 3. Ancestral forms and patterns; title: 4. The nature of the ancient city; title: 5. Emergence of the polis; title: 6. Citizen versus ideal city; title: 7. Helleinistic absolutism and urbanity; title: 8. Megalopolis into necropolis; title: 9. Cloister and commnity; title: 10. Medieval urban housekeeping; title: 11. Medieval disruptions, modern anticipations; title: 12. The structure of baroque power; title: 13. Court, parade, and capital; title: 14. Commercial expansion and urban dissolution; title: 15. Paleotechnic paradise : Coketown; title: 16. Suburbia-and beyond; title: 17. The myth of megalopolis; title: 18. Retrospect and prospect