{"product_id":"1977530","title":"The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations and Its Prospects","description":"xi, 657 pp. 8vo. Numerous illustrations \u0026amp; photographs. CONTENTS: Preface; 1. Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold; 2. The Crystallization of the City; 3. Ancestral Forms and Patterns; 4. The Nature of the Ancient City; 5. Emergence of the Polis; 6. Citizen Versus Ideal City; 7. Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity; 8. Megalopolis and Necropolis; 9. Cloister and Community; 10. Medieval Urban Housekeeping; 11. Medieval Disruptions, Modern Anticipations; 12. The Structure of Baroque Power; 13. Court, Parade and Capital; 14. Commercial Expansion and Urban Dissolution; 15. Paleotechnic Paradise: Coketown; 16. Suburbia - and Beyond; 17. The Myth of Megalopolis; 18. Retrospect and Prospect; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index. \"Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian and philosopher of technology and science. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a tremendously broad career as a writer that also included a period as an influential literary critic. Mumford was influenced by the work of Scottish theorist Sir Patrick Geddes. Mumford was also a contemporary and friend of Frank Lloyd Wright, Frederic Osborn, Edmund N. Bacon, and Vannevar Bush.\"","brand":"Harcourt, Brace \u0026 World, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12595178340422,"sku":"1977530","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/1977530.jpg?v=1571421249","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/1977530","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}