The fifth edition of the highly successful City Reader juxtaposes the best classic and contemporary writings on the city. It contains fifty-seven selections including seventeen new contributions by experts including Elijah Anderson, Robert Bruegmann, Michael Dear, Jan Gehl, Harvey Molotch, Clarence Perry, Daphne Spain, Nigel Taylor, Samuel Bass Warner, and others — some of which have been newly written exclusively for The City Reader. Classic writings from Ebenezer Howard, Ernest W. Burgess, LeCorbusier, Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs and Louis Wirth, meet the best contemporary writings of Sir Peter Hall, Manuel Castells, David Harvey, Kenneth Jackson.

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Lynch Kevin (Article author), Davis Kingsley (Article author), Childe Gordon V. (Article author), Kitto H.D.F. (Article author), Jackson Kenneth T. (Article author), Wirth Louis (Article author), Stout Frederic (Article author), Bruegmann Robert (Article author), Molotch Harvey (Article author), Fulton William (Article author), Dear Michael (Article author), Harvey David (Article author), Kelling George L. (Article author), Taylor Nigel (Article author), Godschalk David R. (Article author), Forester John (Article author), Davidoff Paul (Article author), Appleyard Donald (Article author), Webber Melvin M. (Article author), Sassen Saskia (Article author), Zhang Tingwei (Article author), Warner Sam Bass (Article author), Anderson Elijah (Article author), Putnam Robert D. (Article author), Madanipour Ali (Article author), Jackson John Brinckerhoff (Article author), Thompson Wilbur (Article author), Orfield Myron (Article author), Howard Ebenezer (Article author), Smith Richard G. (Article author), Taylor Peter J. (Article author), Jacobs Jane (Article author), Florida Richard (Article author), Davis Mike (Article author), Porter Michael (Article author), Olmsted Frederick Law (Article author), Whyte William H. (Article author), Jacobs Allan (Article author), Le Corbusier (Article author), Beaverstock Jonathan V. (Article author), Calthorpe Peter (Article author), Kaiser Edward J. (Article author), Perry Clarence (Article author), Castells Manuel (Article author), Brenner Neil (Article author), Burgess Ernest W. (Article author), Spain Daphne (Article author), Arnstein Sherry (Article author), Wilson James Q. (Article author), Wright Frank Lloyd (Article author), Hall Peter (Article author), Beatley Timothy (Article author), Wheeler Stephen (Article author), Sitte Camillo (Article author), Gehl Jan (Article author), Keil Roger (Article author), Engels Friedrich (Article author), Mumford Lewis (Article author), Du Bois William Edward Burghardt (Article author), Wilson William Julius (Article author)

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Book

Place of publication

New York City

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2011

Number of pages

624 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780415556651

Open stacks or available on request

Open stacks

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

711 Leg

Volumes

1

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