Publisher:
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, A Bulfinch Press Book, (1992). First North American Edition.
Seller ID: 250fd
Large square octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 320 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. Illustrated. From dust jacket: ...[Kostof] traces the component elements that make up different types of cities; streets, public places, urban divisions (religious, political, and social), and the fringe area where city and countryside meet. In every instance, Professor Kostof follows a story that ranges widely in time and place up to the present to indicate that the discussion remains fresh and engages our own time in unexpected ways. In the past, all the elements of a city e... View More...
