The idea of a town : the anthropology of urban form in Rome, Italy and the ancient world

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The idea of a town : the anthropology of urban form in Rome, Italy and the ancient world

Joseph Rykwert

MIT Press, 1988

1st MIT ed.

  • : pbk

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Reprint with new pref. Previously published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1976

Bibliography: p. [204]-231

Includes index

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Looks at the Roman town as a work of art, discusses the mythical, historical, and ritual aspects of ancient towns, and examines the implications for modern urban design.

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