Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History

by Mark Girouard

Paper Book, 1985

Status

Available

Call number

307.76409

Tags

Nonfiction, history, cities

Genres

Collection

Where:MB

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1985.

Description

This social and aesthetic history of the world's major cities from antiquity to the present focuses on crucial periods of the cities' past and examines their architecture in light of the men and women who used it.

Subjects

Architecture and society History
Cities and towns History
social history

Language

English

Physical description

vii, 397 p.; 28 cm

ISBN

0300035020 / 9780300035025

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