The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The City in Mind This title takes an in-depth look at the history, development and state of architectural and societal success of cities, including London, Rome, Berlin, Paris and Mexico City.
Full description- Publisher: Simon & Schuster International
- Published: 17 March 2003
- Format: Paperback 288 pages
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- Categories: Urban Communities | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780743227230 ISBN 10: 0743227239
- Sales rank: 401,502
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Full description for The City in Mind
An in-depth investigation of the developments of urban environments and how we are affected by it The City in Mind is a far-reaching discourse on the history and current state of urban life. Kunstler reflects on various and diverse cities across the world and investigates the nature and character of their city lives. From London to Mexico City, he takes an in-depth look at each city's history, development and state of architectural and societal success. Other cities explored include Rome, Berlin and Paris. In his investigations, he discovers a disparate Europe with its mix of pre-industrial creativity, war-marked reminders of the twentieth century, and the architectural aftermath of World War II, modernism, and for some, the Cold War. In his discussions on Western culture, Kunstler expands the notions of urbanism first discussed by Jane Jacobs. His examination of cities is at once a concise history of their urban lives and a detailed criticism of how those histories have either aided or hindered the social and civil progress of the cities' occupants.
