Cities in civilization : culture, innovation, and urban order
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Cities in civilization : culture, innovation, and urban order
(A Phoenix Giant paperback)
Phoenix Giant, 1999
Pbk. ed.
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1st published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998
Bibliography (p. [1051]-1134)
Includes index
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Peter Hall explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilization, from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC and Florence in the fifteenth century through the industrial innovations of Manchester, cotton and steam, and Palo Alto, computing, to the city as freeway, Los Angeles.
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