Mumford, Lewis 1895-1990.

The city in history : its origins, its transformations, its prospects / Lewis Mumford - New York : Harcourt Brace, 1989 - xi, 657 páginas : ilustraciones

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


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Ciudades y pueblos--Historia

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