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Book SynopsisA comprehensive new survey tracing the global history of urbanism and urban design from the industrial revolution to the present
Trade ReviewWinner of the Outstanding Academic Title for 2018 award, sponsored by Choice
“Urbanization and the form that it takes is once again at the center of debates and agendas, and Eric Mumford’s long-needed survey will provide students and practitioners with an informed historical base for approaching contemporary urban conditions.”—Alan Plattus, Yale University
“Mumford’s book is a refreshing and much-needed alternative to previous surveys of modern urbanism that have foregrounded architecture at the expense of planning, and Europe and the United States at the expense of everywhere else.”—Gabrielle Esperdy, New Jersey Institute of Technology
“Readers will need to fasten their seatbelts as they follow Mumford’s concise history of more than 150 years of urbanism. This is a magisterial work that will serve as an ideal text for a course on the topic.”—Mosette Broderick, New York University
“Eric Mumford deserves credit for the scale and ambition of this major new survey of modern urban thought and practice. No other book compares.”—Simon Gunn, University of Leicester
“Of first importance to students of urban design and architecture, this essential narrative of the modern city gives pioneering works their proper place in a global history.”—Seng Kuan, Harvard GSD and Chinese University of Hong Kong
