Cities

Reader, John

ISBN 10: 009928426X / ISBN 13: 9780099284260

Edité par Vintage Books, 2005

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Synopsis :

Cities is a fascinating exploration of the nature of the city and city life, of its structures, development and inhabitants.

From the ruins of the earliest cities to the present, Reader explores how cities coalesce, develop and thrive, how they can decline and die, how they remake themselves. He investigates their parasitic relationship with the countryside around them, the webs of trade and immigration they rely upon to survive, how they feed and water themselves and dispose of their wastes. It is a sweeping exploration of what the city is and has been, fit to stand alongside Lewis Mumford's 1962 classic The City in History.

À propos de l?auteur: John Reader is an author and photojournalist. He holds an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Department of Anthropology at UCL and is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographic Society.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Cities
Éditeur : Vintage Books
Date d'édition : 2005
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Very Good