Main entry:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.

Title & Author:

The Lewis Mumford reader / edited by Donald L. Miller.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, ©1986.

Description:

391 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I.A child of the city. East side, west side ; All around the town ; Our metropolitan pageants -- II. Architecture as a home for man. The Brooklyn Bridge ; Towards modern architecture ; The case against "modern architecture" ; Symbol and function in architecture -- III. The city in civilization. What is a city? ; The disappearing city ; The medieval city ; The baroque city ; The lessons of Washington, D.C. -- IV. The urban prospect. The ideal form of the modern city ; Yesterday's city of tomorrow ; Home remedies for urban cancer ; Restored circulation, renewed life ; The regional framework of civilization ; The foundations of eutopia ; The choices ahead -- V. Visions of America. The origins of the American mind ; The golden day ; The new world promise -- VI. Technology and culture. Technics and human development ; The first megamachine ; The monastery and the clock ; The reinvention of the megamachine ; Art and technics -- VII. Epilogue: Call me Jonah!

ISBN:

0394555260
9780394555263
0394746309 (pbk.)
9780394746302 (pbk.)

Subject:

Civilization.
Cities and towns History.
Architecture.
Technology and civilization.
Cities history
Architecture as Topic.
civilizációtörténet tanulmányok
technológia és civilizáció tanulmányok
Civilisation.
Villes Histoire.
Technologie et civilisation.
civilization.
architecture (discipline)
Cities and towns
Städtebau
Zivilisation
Aufsatzsammlung
Stedenbouw.
Stadscultuur.
Sociologische aspecten.
United States Civilization.
États-Unis Civilisation.
United States

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History

Added entries:

Miller, Donald L., 1944-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 22225
Call No.: ID:87-B9175
Status: Available