Mumford L. The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

New York: Mariner Books, 1968. — 657 p. — ISBN10: 0156180359; ISBN13: 978-0156180351.The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century” (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold
The Crystallization of the City
Ancestral Forms and Patterns
The Nature of the Ancient City
Emergence of the Polis
Citizen Versus Ideal City
Hellenistic Absolutism and Urbanity
Megalopolis into Necropolis
Cloister and Community
Medieval Urban Housekeeping
Medieval Disruptions, Modern Anticipations
The Structure of Baroque Power
Court Parade, and Capital
Commercial Expansion and Urban Dissolution
Paleotechnic Paradise: Coketown
Suburbia - and Beyond
The Myth of Megalopolis
Retrospect and Prospect