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• catalog abstract ""We shape our houses but then they shape us." Winston Churchill said it, but James Vance explains it in the updated edition of his classic study of urban geography. The Continuing City focuses on the morphology of the city -- its physical form and structure -- and its power to influence the culture, society, and the day-to-day lives of inhabitants. Without endorsing rigid environmentalism, Vance's text offers a counterpoint to behavioral explanations of history by examining the city as a social phenomenon and cultural force. Although the physical remains of the past are often seen only as works of art, they are also revealing documents. The city is a living alternative to the historical record, one that is unedited by artists and chroniclers. Vance explains the significance of the "morphogenesis" of the city in Western civilization from its ceremonial and administrative function in the ancient world, through its decline with the rise of feudalism, to its reemergence as a commercial center in the late Middle Ages, and its continuing evolution in the modern era. He also explores the city's impact on social structure, demography, technology, mercantile economics, political power, religious and intellectual institutions, styles of art and architecture, and other topics.".
• catalog alternative "This scene of man.".
• catalog alternative "Urban morphology in Western civilization".
• catalog contributor b2660990.
• catalog contributor b2660991.
• catalog created "c1990.".
• catalog date "1990".
• catalog date "c1990.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1990.".
• catalog description ""We shape our houses but then they shape us." Winston Churchill said it, but James Vance explains it in the updated edition of his classic study of urban geography. The Continuing City focuses on the morphology of the city -- its physical form and structure -- and its power to influence the culture, society, and the day-to-day lives of inhabitants. Without endorsing rigid environmentalism, Vance's text offers a counterpoint to behavioral explanations of history by examining the city as a social phenomenon and cultural force. Although the physical remains of the past are often seen only as works of art, they are also revealing documents. The city is a living alternative to the historical record, one that is unedited by artists and chroniclers. Vance explains the significance of the "morphogenesis" of the city in Western civilization from its ceremonial and administrative function in the ancient world, through its decline with the rise of feudalism, to its reemergence as a commercial center in the late Middle Ages, and its continuing evolution in the modern era. He also explores the city's impact on social structure, demography, technology, mercantile economics, political power, religious and intellectual institutions, styles of art and architecture, and other topics.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction: urban morphogenesis -- 2. The gods look down: the classical city -- 3. The disintegration into feudalism and the dawn of freedom -- 4. The expression of liberalism: the face of the medieval city -- 5. A town for everyman: the late-medieval Bastide -- 6. The prince's capital and the merchant's town -- 7. The revolution of economy and evolution of the city: urban morphogenesis in the industrial age -- 8. Urban form in the modern world: the emergence of the complex city, 1845-1945 -- 9. Urban morphogenesis since 1945: the rise of the complex city.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 534 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Continuing city.".
• catalog identifier "0801838010 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0801838029 (pbk. :alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Continuing city.".
• catalog issued "1990".
• catalog issued "c1990.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
• catalog relation "Continuing city.".
• catalog subject "307.76/09 20".
• catalog subject "Cities and towns Growth History.".
• catalog subject "Cities and towns History.".
• catalog subject "City planning History.".
• catalog subject "Civilization, Western.".
• catalog subject "HT111 .V289 1990".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: urban morphogenesis -- 2. The gods look down: the classical city -- 3. The disintegration into feudalism and the dawn of freedom -- 4. The expression of liberalism: the face of the medieval city -- 5. A town for everyman: the late-medieval Bastide -- 6. The prince's capital and the merchant's town -- 7. The revolution of economy and evolution of the city: urban morphogenesis in the industrial age -- 8. Urban form in the modern world: the emergence of the complex city, 1845-1945 -- 9. Urban morphogenesis since 1945: the rise of the complex city.".
• catalog title "The continuing city : urban morphology in Western civilization / James E. Vance, Jr.".
• catalog title "This scene of man.".
• catalog title "Urban morphology in Western civilization".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".