New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition / 1st Printing. 8vo. xx, 255 pp, Preface: The Fourth Migration; 1. California and the Human Horizon; 2. Planning for the Phases of Life; 3. Quarters for an aging Population; 4. Neighborhood and Neighborhood Unit; 5. Landscape and Townscape; 6. The Hightway and the City; 7. The Disappearing City; 8. Yesterday's City of Tomorrow; 9. Megalopolis ans Anti-City; 10. Beginnings of Urban Integration; 11. Social Complexity and Urban Design; 12. Megaloplitan Dissolution vs. Regional Integration; 13. Home Remedies for Urban Cancer; 14. A Brief History of Urban Frustration; Postscript: The Choices Ahead. Later Printing, 1968. "The author offers a valid concept of the modern metropolis, organized regionally, with its growing population distributed in many-sided, partly self contained towns no longer sprawling in monotonous isolated suburb; a mode of grown that provides for social complexity without defacing the landscape and doing violence to life." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Minor edge wear to dj, else Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Beige cloth with green lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004905
Title: The Urban Prospect
Author: Mumford, Lewis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition / 1st Printing
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: SOCIOLOGY URBAN PLANNING HISTORY AND REMEDIES IN DESIGN
Bookseller catalogs: SOCIOLOGY;
Size: 8vo

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