The City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects
The City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects
#560 of 3,809 books · #199 in History
Won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1962).
The classic study of the city -- its origins, its transformations, and its prospects. The City in History won the National Book Award.
- ISBN-13
- 9780140552249
- Genre
- Topics
- Urban developmentCity planningCivilization history
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1962)
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