| Description |
vii, 397 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1: the city reborn -- The revival of the west -- Manufacture, trade, and money -- Church and state -- The texture of life -- Bruges and Venice -- Part 2: the city triumphant -- Rome resplendent -- The rise of the north -- Amsterdam and Paris -- The uses of leisure -- A new scale -- The city as export -- Part 3: the exploding city -- Manchester and the industrial city -- London and the growth of the suburb -- Paris and the boulevards -- America and the birth of the skyscraper -- Cities round the world -- Babylon or Jerusalem -- Epilogue -- Notes to the text -- Photographic acknowledgements -- Index. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 383-392. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- History.
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Architecture and society -- History.
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Social history.
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| Added Title |
Cities and people.
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| ISBN |
0300035020 |
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