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Cities in Civilisation (Phoenix Giants S.)
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
Blood on the Mountain: A History of the Temple Mount from the Ark to the Third Millennium
The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan
The Stone of Heaven: The Secret History of Imperial Green Jade
Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare's England (Women & Gender in the Early Modern World S.)
The Complete Book of Heraldry
Ancient World (Illustrated History Encyclopedia S.)
A History of Cornwall
The Wild West: The Mythical Cowboy and Social Theory (Cultural Icon S.)
Uniforms and Equipment of US Army Infantry, LRRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam 1965-1971
World History for Dummies (For Dummies S.)
The Life of a Geisha
The Third Reich and the Palestine Question
Bullfighting: Art, Technique and Spanish Society
Canada: a People's History: Vol 2
Brass Buttons and Silver Horseshoes: Stories from Canada's British War Brides
The Long Road Home: The Autobiography of a Canadian Soldier in Italy in World War II
Romania: An Illustrated History
Cradle and Crucible: History and Faith in the Middle East
My Life as an Explorer
Mystery on Everest: A Photobiography of George Mallory
Shackleton
Adventures in Ocean Exploration
The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction

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Cities in Civilisation (Phoenix Giants)
Peter Hall
Manufacturer: Orion Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Cities in Civilization

ASIN: 0753808153

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Stupendous achievement.......2002-08-22

Cities in Civilization is a magnificent monument to human creativity, ingenuity, and beauty. More than half of this thousand page book is dedicated to examining the "golden ages" of various cities, searching for both commonalities and distinguishing characteristics. The first three hundred pages are devoted to creative and artistic golden ages, beginning with classical Athens and ending with Weimar Berlin, passing through Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan London, Vienna in the long nineteenth century, and Paris between war with Prussia and the first war with Germany. The next two hundred pages deal with innovative golden ages, beginning with industrial Manchester and ending with post-war Tokyo, passing though steam-ship Glasgow, Berlin of the Kaisers, Ford's Detroit, and Silicon Valley. Thirdly, Hall looks at the combinations of the creative and innovative urges that created golden ages in Los Angeles in the early twentieth century and Memphis in the middle of the same century. Finally, Hall spends the last half of the book scrutinizing the various ways that cities have combatted crowding, scarce resources, pollution, disease, transportation, and employment throughout history. This section begins with imperial Rom and ends with contemporary London, passing thorugh early industrial London, Haussmann's Paris, New York after the reconstruction of the American South, Los Angles throughout the twentieth century, and socialist Stockholm. Through the entire journey Hall takes us through twenty-one cities and eras, showing us their greatness as well as the factors that made them so. The journey is fantastic and brilliant. Hall shines as a historian, and displays a deep understanding of true scholarship and the academic process. Alternative views are always presented in an unbiased way, and when the accuracy of information (oftne the case up until the late modern period) cannot be determined he let's that be known. Hall does an excellent job of showing how people lived in these different times and locations, showing us that the notion and nature of a "golden age" has itself changed over time. A small detractor from the quality of the book is that there are no maps, and very few (proportionally) photographs and illustrations, but the main detractor is simply that it couldn't be longer. This is a stupendous achievement that you won't want to put down.

Intellectual Orgasm.......2000-10-29

Stunning and Beautiful. Peter hall depiscts the creation if innovation with exciting anecdotes and copious research. A mindblowing expereince. You're constantly re-expereinceing the most exciting times in human history, and Peter Hall outlines his ideas on common themes that run through these periods. I would get fired up everytime I sat down to read it.

Florence: Pictures of the city and of its civilisation

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Florence: Pictures of the city and of its civilisation
Massimo Di Volo
Manufacturer: Libreria editrice Fiorentina
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007KAV8E

Sustainable Development, Energy and the City: A Civilisation of Concepts and Actions

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Sustainable Development, Energy and the City: A Civilisation of Concepts and Actions
Voula Mega
Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0387243542

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Advancing towards sustainable development will be impossible without the active participation of informed and aware citizens and decision-makers. This publication will provide the unspecialised decision-makers, citizens, students and policy-makers of the future, with significant information about a dynamic sector-energy- and a space-city- that are critical for sustainability. Cities and the energy field are now on the verge of dramatic changes. Urban energy systems are capital intensive and have long lives. Immediate change is difficult and innovation is crucial for inefficient patterns to be transformed into more intelligent systems. Strongly entrenched ideas start to vacillate and new investments challenge the inertia of old infrastructures. New concepts, values and technological breakthroughs emerge, linked to policy and market initiatives, public expectations and scientific developments.

Angkor: Chronique d'une renaissance (Civilisations & societes)

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Angkor: Chronique d'une renaissance (Civilisations & societes)
Maxime Prodromides
Manufacturer: Kailash
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ASIN: 2842680022

The city and county of Bristol: A study of Atlantic civilisation

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Bryan D. G Little
Manufacturer: Werner Laurie
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Cities and Civilizations (with slipcase)

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Cities and Civilizations (with slipcase)
Christopher Hibbert
Manufacturer: Folio Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HINY0S

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CITIES AND CIVILISATION.
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Manufacturer: BCA
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Les grammaires d'une ville: Essai sur la genese des structures urbaines a Marseille (Civilisations et societes)

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Les grammaires d'une ville: Essai sur la genese des structures urbaines a Marseille (Civilisations et societes)
Marcel Roncayolo
Manufacturer: Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales
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ASIN: 2713211956

THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL: A STUDY IN ATLANTIC CIVILISATION.

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THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL: A STUDY IN ATLANTIC CIVILISATION.
Bryan. Litle
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Histoire d'Angkor (Civilisations & societes)

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