The City in History

Name: The City in History
Author: Lewis Mumford

by Lewis Mumford

Comprehensive history of cities from ancient to modern times and urban life

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Lewis Mumford

American urban historian and social critic whose Technics and Civilization examined the relationship between technology and culture. The City in History won the National Book Award. He was a towering public intellectual who warned against the dehumanizing effects of the megamachine of modern technology.

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