Cover art for The City in History
Published
Houghton Mifflin, October 1968
ISBN
9780156180351
Format
Softcover, 657 pages
Dimensions
20.3cm × 14cm × 5.7cm

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

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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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