The History of the City

by Leonardo Benevolo

Leonardo Benevolo, author of The Architecture of the Renaissanceand History of Modern Architecture(MIT Press, 1971), here provides a basic history of the man-made environment in Europe and the Near East, where the idea first emerged of the city as an integral and self-contained settlement, containing within itself other lesser settlements. Cities remain specifically historical creations. They have not always existed; they began at a certain time in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262021463
• ISBN13: 9780262021463
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 1011 Pages
• Weight: 6.30 lbs.