Vance jr james e 1925 1999 (1 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. DETAILS: attractive copy, very good to near fine large dark yellow cloth, slight wear. VANCE JR, JAMES E. The continuing city: urban morphology in Western civilization. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990, xiv, 534pp., . "We shape our houses but then they shape us." Winston Churchill said it, but James Vance explains it in the updated edition of his classic study of urban geography. The Continuing City focuses on the morphology of the city -- its physical form and structure -- and its power to influence the culture, society, and the day-to-day lives of inhabitants. Without endorsing rigid environmentalism, Vance's text offers a counterpoint to behavioral explanations of history by examining the city as a social phenomenon and cultural force. Although the physical remains of the past are often seen only as works of art, they are also revealing documents. The city is a living alternative to the historical record, one that is unedited by artists and chroniclers. Vance explains the significance of the "morphogenesis" of the city in Western civilization from its ceremonial and administrative function in the ancient world, through its decline with the rise of feudalism, to its reemergence as a commercial center in the late Middle Ages, and its continuing evolution in the modern era. He also explores the city's impact on social structure, demography, technology, mercantile economics, political power, religious and intellectual institutions, styles of art and architecture, and other topics. - CONTENTS: 1. Introduction: urban morphogenesis -- 2. The gods look down: the classical city -- 3. The disintegration into feudalism and the dawn of freedom -- 4. The expression of liberalism: the face of the medieval city -- 5. A town for everyman: the late-medieval Bastide -- 6. The prince's capital and the merchant's town -- 7. The revolution of economy and evolution of the city: urban morphogenesis in the industrial age -- 8. Urban form in the modern world: the emergence of the complex city, 1845-1945 -- 9. Urban morphogenesis since 1945: the rise of the complex city. 9780801838019 ISBN 0801838010.…