Mumford L. The culture of cities

Sasn Diego: Harvest Books, 1970. — 640 p. — ISBN10: 0156233010; ISBN13: 978-0156233019.This offers the first broad treatment of the city in both its historic and its contemporary aspects. “For distinction, entertainment, information, scholarship, and general human interest [this] is one of the most distinguished books” (Forum). Index; photographs.Protection and the medieval town
Court, parade, and capital
The insensate industrial town
Rise and fall of megalopolis
The regional framework of civilization
The politics of regional development
Social basis of the new urban order