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9789814293723 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, March 30, 2010, cover price $52.00
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9780226034652 | Univ of Chicago Pr, October 1, 1988, cover price $59.95
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9780226034669 | Reprint edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, June 18, 1991), cover price $46.00
Product Description: The product of over a decade's research and writing, Peter Hall's magnum opus explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilisation from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC to the city as freeway, Los Angeles...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780394587325 | Pantheon Books, December 1, 1998, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Captures the distinctive qualities of twenty-one cities at their peak, from Renaissance Florence to turn-of-the-century Paris to 1950s Memphis
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9780880642507 | Fromm Intl, February 1, 2001, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: The product of over a decade's research and writing, Peter Hall's magnum opus explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilisation from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC to the city as freeway, Los Angeles.
The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine urban growth in the Indus River Valley in India, as well as Egypt and areas that bordered the Mediterranean Sea. Athens, Alexandria, and Rome stand out both politically and culturally. With the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, European cities entered into a long period of waning and deterioration. But elsewhere, great cities-among them, Constantinople, Baghdad, Chang'an, and Tenochtitlán-thrived. In the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, urban growth resumed in Europe, giving rise to cities like Florence, Paris, and London. This urban growth also accelerated in parts of the world that came under European control, such as Philadelphia in the nascent United States. As the Industrial Revolution swept through in the nineteenth century, cities grew rapidly. Their expansion resulted in a slew of social problems and political disruptions, but it was accompanied by impressive measures designed to improve urban life. Meanwhile, colonial cities bore the imprint of European imperialism. Finally, the book turns to the years since 1914, guided by a few themes: the impact of war and revolution; urban reconstruction after 1945; migration out of many cities in the United States into growing suburbs; and the explosive growth of "megacities" in the developing world.
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9780199859528 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, October 7, 2015, cover price $74.00
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9780199859542 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 7, 2015, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century.
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9780801838019 | Rev sub edition (Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, June 1, 1990), cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Exploring the "morphogenesis" of the city in Western civilization, this new edition contains updated material, a new introduction, and additional illustrations.
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9780801838026 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, August 1, 1990, cover price $36.00
Product Description: The Urban Millennium focuses upon the spatial adaptation of cities as a factor in urbanization. Konvitz explores how the evolution of city building strategies has accompanied and facilitated other aspects of urban development. By taking a long historical perspective, he shows that cities were more easily adapted to changing circumstances before and durÂing the industrialization...read more
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9780809312016 | Southern Illinois Univ Pr, March 1, 1985, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The Urban Millennium focuses upon the spatial adaptation of cities as a factor in urbanization.
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9783110223897 | Walter De Gruyter Inc, October 31, 2009, cover price $238.00
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