Cities in Civilization  9960

Book I: The City as Cultural Crucible

  1. Great Cities in their Golden Ages
  2. The Fountainhead: Athens 500-400 BC
  3. The Rediscovery of Life: Florence 1400-1500
  4. The World as Stage: London 1570-1620
  5. The City as Pleasure Principle: Vienna 1780-1910
  6. The Capital of Light: Paris 1870-1910
  7. The Invention of the Twentieth Century: Berlin 1819-1933
  8. The Key to Creativity

Book II: The City as Innovative Milieu

  1. The Innovative Milieu
  2. The First Industrial City: Manchester 1760-1830
  3. The Conquest of the Oceans: Glasgow 1770-1890
  4. The Pioneer Technopolis: Berlin 1840-1930
  5. The Mass Production of Mobility: Detroit 1890-1915
  6. The Industrialisation of Information: San Francisco / Palo Alto / Berkeley 1950-1990
  7. The State as Permanent Innovator: Tokyo-Kanagawa 1980-1990
  8. The Innovative Essence

Book III: The Marriage of Art and Technology

  1. The Invention of Mass Culture
  2. The Dream Factory: Los Angeles 1910-1945
  3. The Soul of the Delta: Memphis 1948-1956
  4. The Secret of the Marriage

Book IV: The Establishment of the Urban Order

  1. The Challenge to the Urban Order
  2. The Imperial Capital: Rome 50 BC to AD 100
  3. The Utilitarian City: London 1825-1900
  4. The City of Perpetual Public Works: Paris 1850-1870
  5. The Apotheosis of the Modern: New York 1880-1940
  6. The City as Freeway: Los Angeles 1900-1980
  7. The Social Democratic Utopia: Stockholm 1945-1980
  8. The City of Capitalism Rampant: London 1979-1993
  9. The Achievement of the Urban Order

Book V: The Union of Art, Technology and Organisation

  1. The City of the Coming Golden Age
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1 thought on “Cities in Civilization”

  1. Took a look at this book just after creating my new “Maps” custom post type. Hard to believe (or, of course, completely to be expected!) that this book contains lots of pictures but no maps. #epicfail

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