Placemakers
Subtitle: emperors, kings, entrepreneurs : a brief history of real estate development
By: Herb Auerbach with Ira Nadel
Contributors: Nadel, Ira Bruce, author
Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781927958797
Subjects: Real estate development; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why we build; title: Land and laws; title: The city of Ur and the ziggurat; title: Alexandria in ancient Egypt; title: Rome : republic and empire; title: Land and loyalty in China; title: Tudor England and the dissolution; title: Fortress towns : a new model; title: The walled city of Richelieu; title: Picturesque towns and garden suburb; title: The new Paris of Napoleon III; title: Utopias for profit; title: Le Vésinet, Shaker Heights and the railroad; title: The high-rise and the Empire State; title: Suburbs, shopping malls, automobiles; title: Space and the future.