The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford

The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

Lewis Mumford

784 pages first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century” (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.
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