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A mere glance at its index, from such entries as Apple computers, banking and Cadillac to Xenophon, Yokohama and Zola, gives an impression of the wide range of this huge and remarkable book in which Hall has set himself the task not only of examining cities as cultural crucibles and as centres of technological and economic innovation but also of explaining how they came to succeed in maintaining urban order in the face of the threat of social turmoil. The people and institutions of, for instance, ancient Athens and Rome, Renaissance Florence, Shakespeare's London, Strauss's Vienna, Haussmann's Paris, Manchester and Glasgow in the years of industrial revolution, Ford's Detroit and Hollywood's 'Dream Factory' are all brought vividly to life in an urban history of exceptional scope and originality. (Kirkus UK)
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Peter Hall explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilization, from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC and Florence in the fifteenth century through the industrial innovations of Manchester, cotton and steam, and Palo Alto, computing, to the city as freeway, Los Angeles.
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A mere glance at its index, from such entries as Apple computers, banking and Cadillac to Xenophon, Yokohama and Zola, gives an impression of the wide range of this huge and remarkable book in which Hall has set himself the task not only of examining cities as cultural crucibles and as centres of technological and economic innovation but also of explaining how they came to succeed in maintaining urban order in the face of the threat of social turmoil. The people and institutions of, for instance, ancient Athens and Rome, Renaissance Florence, Shakespeare's London, Strauss's Vienna, Haussmann's Paris, Manchester and Glasgow in the years of industrial revolution, Ford's Detroit and Hollywood's 'Dream Factory' are all brought vividly to life in an urban history of exceptional scope and originality. (Kirkus UK)
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Peter Hall explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilization, from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC and Florence in the fifteenth century through the industrial innovations of Manchester, cotton and steam, and Palo Alto, computing, to the city as freeway, Los Angeles.
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