ISBN:
0156180359
,
9780156180351
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 657 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
21 cm
Series Statement:
A Harvest book
DDC:
301.36 MUMFORD
Keywords:
Cities and towns History
;
Stadt
;
Geschichte
;
Städtebau
;
Stadtgeschichte
;
Stadtplanung
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
An examination of Cities of the Western world tracing their development from Egypt through the Middle Ages to the present
Description / Table of Contents:
Sanctuary, village, and strongholdCrystallization of the city -- Ancestral forms and patterns -- Nature of the ancient city -- Emergence of the polis -- Citizen versus ideal city -- Hellenistic absolutism and urbanity -- Megalopolis into necropolis -- Cloister and community -- Medieval urban housekeeping -- Medieval disruptions, modern anticipations -- Structure of baroque power -- Court, parade, and capital -- Commercial expansion and urban dissolution -- Paleotechnic paradise: Coketown -- Suburbia--and beyond -- Myth of megalopolis -- Retrospect and prospect.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 579-634
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