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The City in History : Its Origins, Its Transformation
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780156180351
- Book Title
- City in History : Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 1968
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 2in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, World, Sociology / Urban
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 22 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 784 Pages
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD. A definitive classic, Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence ??--?? from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce ??--?? to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156180359
ISBN-13
9780156180351
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52185
Product Key Features
Book Title
City in History : Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Sociology / General, World, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
1968
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
784 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
2in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ht111
Grade from
Ninth Grade
Edition Description
Reprint
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Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he viewed as the dehumanizing aspects of the metropolitan trend, which he deemed "a world of professional illusionists and their credulous victims." (In another typically unrestrained criticism, he dubbed the Pentagon a Bronze Age monument to humanity's basest impulses, as well as an "effete and worthless baroque conceit.") Mumford hoped for a rediscovery of urban principles that emphasized humanity's organic relationship to its environment. The City in History remains a powerfully influential work, one that has shaped the agendas of urban planners, sociologists, and social critics since its publication in the 1960s.
Copyright Date
1968
Lccn
61-007689
Dewey Decimal
301.36
Intended Audience
Trade
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Yes
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