The Continuing City: Urban Morphology in Western Civilization / Edition 1

by James E. Vance Jr.

Overview

Exploring the "morphogenesis" of the city in Western civilization, this new edition contains updated material, a new introduction, and additional illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801838026
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	05/01/1990
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James E. Vance, Jr., is emeritus professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley. His books includeThe Continuing City, also available from Johns Hopkins.

Table of Contents

Preface
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

Editorial Reviews

A 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

From the Publisher

A 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