Description
Book SynopsisExploring the morphogenesisof the city in Western civilization, this new edition contains updated material, a new introduction, and additional illustrations.
Trade ReviewA tour de force that few could rival... It manages to combine the functions of student textbook and library reference work, as well as being a natural addition to the study shelves of the professional urban morphologist. Progress in Human Geography
Table of ContentsPreface
Preface to the Original Edition
Chapter 1. Introduction: Urban Morphogenesis
Chapter 2. The Gods Look Down: The Classical City
Chapter 3. The Disintegration Into Feudalism and the Dawn of Freedom
Chapter 4. The Expression of Liberalism: The Face of the Medieval City
Chapter 5. A Town for Everyman: The Late-Medieval Bastide
Chapter 6. The Prince's Capital and the Merchant's Town
Chapter 7. The Revolution of Economy and Evolution of the City: Urban Morphogenesis in the Industrial Age
Chapter 8. Urban Form in the Modern World: The Emergence of the Complex City, 1845–1945
Chapter 9. Urban Morphogenesis Since 1945: The Rise of the Complex City
Index
