Cities of Destiny
by Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, ed
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. good. 36 cm, 376, illus. (some color), maps, bibliography, index, boards somewhat worn and soiled, some page discoloration, large heavy book. This is a magnificently illustrated history of the city--its origins, development, and ultimate domination of the civilized world, from the earliest cities to the contemporary Megalopolis. Each key city is discussedat the height of its greatness by a different expert including Sir Maurice Bowra, Harold Acton, Steven Runciman, Allan Nevins, and many others. Edited by noted historian Arnold Toynbee, the book contains 20 essays on important cities and time periods, such as Alexandria under the Ptolemies, eighteenth-century St. Petersburg, Victorian and Edwardian London, and mid-twentieth-century New York. There are 542 illustrations, including 157 in color, and 385 black and white photographs, drawings, maps, plans, and diagrams.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47537
- Title
- Cities of Destiny
- Author
- Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, ed
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Maurice Bowra, Harold Acton, Claire Preaux, Jerome Carcopino, Arthur Wright, Steven Runciman, David Douglas, Ignacio Bernal, Urban Studies
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.