Eminent cultural critic Lewis Mumford’s first book, The Story of Utopias, is a fascinating survey of the development of the concept of “utopia.” Mumford examines the major utopias—discussing Plato’s Republic and Thomas More’s Utopia, among others—concluding with a look at the prospects for utopia as it relates to the realities of urban planning.
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Lewis Mumford (1895–1990) was an American historian, philosopher of technology and science, and critic who was a foremost urban planning theorist of the twentieth century. Mumford held the position of architecture critic for The New Yorker magazine for more than 30 years. His The City in History won the 1961 National Book Award.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 324 ● ISBN 9781411460997 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8513939 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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