Cities in civilisation : culture, innovation, and urban order
by Peter Hall
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Peter Hall's magnum opus is the result of 10 years research. It examines the history of cities and their role during millennia in the formation of civilisations throughout the world.Tags
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An original perspective on history from the perspective of great cities across time. This book is a great way to learn about civilization and the ingenuity of the people who created it.
This is an exhaustive collection of everything you ever wanted to know about the history of cities from ancient times through the beginning of the 21st-century. Lots of good info here and a good reference book for the shelf.
An assigned book for Architecture School, I read about half of it in bits and pieces.
Cities and towns > History/Cities and towns > Growth > History/Civilization/City and town life
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- Canonical title
- Cities in civilisation : culture, innovation, and urban order
- Original publication date
- 1998
- Important places
- Athens, Greece; Florence, Tuscany, Italy; London, England, UK; Vienna, Austria (as Austro-Hungarian Empire); Paris, France; Berlin, Germany (show all 19); Manchester, England, UK; Glasgow, Scotland, UK; Detroit, Michigan, USA; San Francisco, California, USA; Palo Alto, California, USA; Berkeley, California, USA; Tokyo, Japan; Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; Los Angeles, California, USA; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Rome, Italy; New York, New York, USA; Stockholm, Sweden
- Dedication
- For Magda
- Blurbers
- Porter, Roy; Roberts, Andrew
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 307.76 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Communities Specific kinds of communities Urban communities
- LCC
- HT111 .H345 — Social sciences Communities. Classes. Races Communities. Classes. Races Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
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- Members
- 394
- Popularity
- 78,838
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (4.19)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
