Main entry:

Morris, A. E. J. (Anthony Edwin James)

Title & Author:

History of urban form : before the industrial revolutions / A.E.J. Morris.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication:

Harlow, Essex, England : Longman Scientific & Technical ; New York : Wiley, 1994.

Description:

xii, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Series:

Wiley

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-423) and index.
Foreword / J.W. Reps -- 1. The Early Cities -- 2. Greek City States -- 3. Rome and the Empire -- 4. Medieval Towns -- 5. The Renaissance: Italy sets a pattern -- 6. France: Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries -- 7. A European Survey -- 8. Britain: Sixteenth to mid Nineteenth Centuries -- 9. Spain and her Empire -- 10. Urban USA -- 11. Islamic Cities of the Middle East -- Appendix A -- China -- Appendix B -- Japan -- Appendix C -- Indian Mandalas -- Appendix D -- Indonesia -- Appendix E -- Comparative Plans of Cities.

Summary:

Covers the origins of European and American cities before industrialized society. Expanded, it now has a description of organic growth and planned towns and examines determining factors in urban formation. Also covers the urban history of Spain, Latin America and Islamic cities of the Middle East.

ISBN:

0470219629
9780470219621
0582301548
9780582301542

Subject:

City planning History.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
Cities and towns, Medieval.
Villes antiques.
Villes médiévales.
15.70 history of Europe.
City planning.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Urbanization History.
Cities and towns History.
morphologie urbaine origines 19e s. (début)
Cities Structure planning History

Form/genre:

History.
History (form)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120499
Call No.: ID HT166.M59; ID:95-B208
Status: Available