In City Life, Witold Rybczynski Looks At What We Want From Cities, How They Have Evolved, And What Accounts For Their Unique Identities. In This Vivid Description Of Everything From The Early Colonial Settlements To The Advent Of The Skyscraper To The Changes Wrought By The Automobile, The Telephone, The Airplane, And Telecommuting, Rybczynski Reveals How Our Urban Spaces Have Been Shaped By The Landscapes And Lifestyles Of The New World. Why Aren't Our Cities Like That? -- The Measure Of A Town -- A New, Uncrowded World -- A Frenchman In New York -- In The Land Of The Dollar -- Civic Art -- High Hopes -- Country Homes For City People -- The New Downtown -- The Best Of Both Worlds. Witold Rybczynski. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [237]-246) And Index.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Urban
- Sociology
Publisher : Scribner
Author : Rybczynski, Witold
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :1995-09-11
Number Of Pages : 256
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0684813025
ISBN-13 : 9780684813028
Item weight : 0.5 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 5.4 in x 7.8 in
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