TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mumford,Lewis
TI  - The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects 
T2  - A Harvest book
SN  - 0156180359
AV  - HT111 .M8 1989
U1  - 307.7609 MU.C 1989 21
PY  - 1989///
CY  - San Diego
PB  - Harcourt
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sanctuary, village, and stronghold -- Crystallization 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
ER  -