City in literature : an intellectual and cultural history
Publication details: University of California press 1998 BerkeleyDescription: xvi,330,ipISBN:- 9780520212565
- 307.76 LEH
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | Faculty of Architecture | 307.76 LEH | Available | 013711 |
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XI
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
PART I: READING THE CITY / READING THE TEXT
1.The City and the Text 3
PART 2: ENLIGHTENMENT LEGACY
2. From Myth to Mastery 13
3. The City and the Estate 26
PART 3: MODERNISM / URBANISM
4. City of Limits 51
5.The Inward Turn 71
6. Urban Fantasies 83
7. Joycity 104
8. Urban Entropy 123
9. Beyond Liberalism 145
PART 4. AMERICAN RE-PRESENTATIONS IO.
The City and the Wilderness 167
11. The Urban Frontier 182
12. Urban Powers 194
13. Urban Destiny 206
14. The Urban Vortex 224
15. Quest West 251
PART 5. AFTER THE WASTE LAND
16. From Myth to Mystery 265
EPILOGUE 285
BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
INDEX 313
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