The Culture of cities / Lewis Mumford

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, c1938.Edition: First EditionDescription: xii, 586 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT 166 .M86 1938
Contents:
Chapter 1. Protection and the Medieval town -- Chapter 2. Court, Parade and Capital -- Chapter 3. The insensate industrial town -- Chapter 4. Rise and fall of megalopolis -- Chapter 5. The Regional framework of civilization -- Chapter 6. The politics of regional development -- Chapter 7. Social basis of the new urban order.
Summary: The city, as one finds it in history, is the point of maximum concentration for the power and culture of a community.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Environmental Planning GC HT 166 .M86 1938 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000020609

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Protection and the Medieval town -- Chapter 2. Court, Parade and Capital -- Chapter 3. The insensate industrial town -- Chapter 4. Rise and fall of megalopolis -- Chapter 5. The Regional framework of civilization -- Chapter 6. The politics of regional development -- Chapter 7. Social basis of the new urban order.

The city, as one finds it in history, is the point of maximum concentration for the power and culture of a community.

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