"...provides a basic history of the man-made environment in Europe and the Near East, where the idea first emerged of the city as an integral and self-contained settlement, containing within itself other lesser settlements. Cities remain specifically historical creations. They have not always existed; they began at a certain time in the evolution of society and can be ended or radically transformed at another. They came… Read More
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- Title The History of the City
- Author Benevolo, Leonardo
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st MIT Press ed
- Publisher The MIT Press, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
- Date 1980
- ISBN 9780262021463
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Fourth printing. Translation by Geoffrey Culverwell of "Storia della citta" (Editori Laterza, 1975). Large-format volume, measuring approximately 10.25" x 10", is bound in tan cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book displays light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's last name is written in lower half of title page. Interior is otherwise clean and bright. Text appears in double columns. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, plans and maps. Dust jacket exhibits light shelfwear, with sunning to spine panel. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 1011 pages."...provides a basic history of the man-made environment in Europe and the Near East, where the idea first emerged of the city as an integral and self-contained settlement, containing within itself other lesser settlements. Cities remain specifically historical creations. They have not always existed; they began at a certain time in the evolution of society and can be ended or radically transformed at another. They came… Read More
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Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Translated by Geoffrey Culverwell. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth with spine stamped in black. Includes maps, photographs, illustrations and blueprints. 9 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. 1,011 pages.
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