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  | | Sticks and Stones(Updated) (Dover Books on Architecture) by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 113 Pages, Published 1955 by Dover Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-486-20202-0, ISBN: 0-486-20202-X "Great classic of American cultural history and important study of American architecture and civilization, still stimulating in its sweep and insights. Discusses the early New England towns, vernacular building, Colonial and Federal periods, Henry Hobson Richardson and other important architects of the late 19th century, the Classical Revival, up to the early 1920s. 21 illus." |
 | | Roots of Contemporary American Architecture(Updated) A Series of Thirty-Seven Essays Dating from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 452 Pages, Published 1972 by Dover Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-486-22072-7, ISBN: 0-486-22072-9 "A Series of Thirty-Seven Essays Dating from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present. This Book, Collected and Edited By Lewis Mumford, Contains an Introductory Essay and biographies of [the] 29 Writers." |
 | | The Sustainable Urban Development Reader(1st Edition) (Routledge Urban Reader Series) by Timothy Beatley, Ebenezer Howard, Lewis Mumford, Aldo Leopold, Jane Jacobs, Ian L. Mcharg, Andre Gunder Frank, Herman E. Daly, Peter Calthorpe, Stephen M. Wheeler, Stephen Maxwell Wheeler Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2004 by Routledge: Taylor And Francis Group ISBN-13: 978-0-415-31187-8, ISBN: 0-415-31187-X "Bringing together classic readings from a wide variety of sources, this key book investigates how our cities and towns can become more sustainable.Thirty-eight selections span issues such as land use planning, urban design, transportation, ecological restoration, economic development, resource use and equity planning. Section introductions outline the major themes, whilst the editors' introductions to the individual writings explain the ..." |
 | | The Myth Of The Machine - The Pentagon Of Power(1st Edition) by Lewis Mumford Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 1970 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ISBN-13: 978-0-15-163974-8, ISBN: 0-15-163974-4 "In this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human and technological progress. Far from being an attack on science and technics, The Pentagon of Power seeks to establish a more organic social order based on technological resources. Index; photographs." |
 | | The City in History Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects. by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 657 Pages, Published 1968 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-618035-1, ISBN: 0-15-618035-9 "Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he viewed as the dehumanizing aspects of the metropolitan trend, ..." |
 | | Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest A Memorandum (Classic Reprint) by Lewis Mumford Hardcover, 36 Pages, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-260-60891-8, ISBN: 0-260-60891-2 "Excerpt from Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest: A Memorandum The two weeks tour that I made of the coastal portions of the Northwest had the advantage, just because my movements were so rapid, of leaving two distinct images of the landscape. One was of its over powering beauty; the other was of its loneliness. At every point in my journey, from.the mckonz1e River to Puget Sound, there were breath taking landscapes: new the grea ..." |
 | | The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2017 by Azafran Books ISBN-13: 978-0-9957279-2-2, ISBN: 0-9957279-2-9 "The Story of Utopias is Lewis Mumford’s first book and is an engaging exploration of the development of the concept of Utopia, by one of the foremost historian and social theorists of the 20th century. Mumford begins with a survey of the major utopias, some well-known, others less so. His survey takes a look at Plato’s Republic, More’s Utopia, Andreæ’s Christanopolis, Bacon’s New Atlantis, Campanella’s City of the Sun, Fourier’s Phalanx ..." |
 | | Sticks and Stones A Study of American Architecture and Civilization (Classic Reprint) by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2017 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-282-96491-7, ISBN: 0-282-96491-6 "Excerpt from Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and CivilizationFor a hundred years or so after its settlement, there lived and flourished in America a type Of com munity which was rapidly disappearing in Europe. This community was embodied in villages and towns whose mummified remains even today have a rooted dignity that the most gigantic metropolises do not Often possess. If we would understand the architec ture Of Am ..." |
 | | The Story of Utopias (Classic Reprint) by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2017 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-334-48273-1, ISBN: 1-334-48273-X "Excerpt from The Story of Utopias Until this morning, it had been the mountain of a fairy story that was twenty centuries old. Now, it is a mighty hill and I can feel its warm coat of white reindeer-moss, and if I were willing to stretch out my hand, I could pluck the red berries that are in full bloom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This ..." |
 | | The New Exploration(3rd Edition) A Philosophy of Regional Planning by Benton Mackaye, David N. Startzell, Lewis Mumford Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 2010 by Appalachian Trail Conservancy ISBN-13: 978-0-917953-43-9, ISBN: 0-917953-43-6 "A classic in many planning curricula, this is a 1991 reprint of the 1928 work by the originator of the Appalachian Trail and a founder of The Wilderness Society. The New Yorker in a 1989 series by Tony Hiss-analyzing attempts to control growth and preserve the environment-called it "a long-lost classic." This edition includes the 1962 introduction by legendary social critic Lewis Mumford, a close MacKaye associate, and a foreword by p ..." |
 | | Art and Technics(Updated) by Lewis Mumford, Casey Nelson Blake Paperback, 178 Pages, Published 2000 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-12105-7, ISBN: 0-231-12105-9 "Lewis Mumford - architectural critic, theorist of technology, urbanologist, city planner, cultural critic, historian, biographer, and philosopher - was the author of more than thirty influential books, many of which expounded his views on the perils of urban sprawl and a society obsessed with "technics." Featuring a new introduction by Casey Nelson Blake, this classic text provides the essence of Mumford's views on the distinct yet inte ..." |
 | | Planned Society Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Hardback) by Findlay Mackenzie, Professor Lewis Mumford, Lewis Mumford, Llc Literary Licensing Hardcover, 1,016 Pages, Published 2012 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-41379-8, ISBN: 1-258-41379-5 "Contributing Authors Include Margaret Mead, Sterling Tracy, Bernard W. Dempsey, And Others. A Symposium By Thirty-Five Economists, Sociologists, And Statesmen." |
 | | Technics and Civilization(Reprint) by Professor Lewis Mumford, Langdon Winner Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-55027-5, ISBN: 0-226-55027-3 " Technics and Civilization first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934âbefore television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, Lewis Mumford explained the origin of the machine age and traced its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had ..." |
 | | 'FINDINGS AND KEEPINGS, 1914-36' by Lewis Mumford Hardcover, 512 Pages, Published 1976 by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-436-29609-3, ISBN: 0-436-29609-8 |
 | | Architecture as a Home for Man(1st Edition) by Jeanne Davern, Lewis Mumford Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1976 by Mcgraw-Hill Inc.,Us ISBN-13: 978-0-07-015426-1, ISBN: 0-07-015426-0 "Book by Davern Jeanne" |
 | | Findings and keepings(1st Edition) Analects for an autobiography by Lewis Mumford Hardcover, 394 Pages, Published 1975 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-130984-9, ISBN: 0-15-130984-1 "The sticky New York days before the operation: the increasing sense of calm ... blankly looking with a blank mind at a blank ceiling: the appearance of a ..." |
 | | Art and Techniques(Reprint) (Bampton Lecture Ser. in American : No.4) by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 1972 by Columbia Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-231-08509-0, ISBN: 0-231-08509-5 "Featuring a new introduction by Casey Nelson Blake, this classic text provides the essence of Mumford's views on the distinct yet interpenetrating roles of technology and the arts in modern culture. Mumford contends that modern man's overemphasis on technics has contributed to the depersonalization and emptiness of much of twentieth-century life. He issues a call for a renewed respect for artistic impulses and achievements. His repeated ..." |
 | | Conduct of Life(1st Edition) (Harvest Book, Nb 34) by Lewis Mumford Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 1960 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-621600-5, ISBN: 0-15-621600-0 ""In this distinguished volume, Lewis Mumford discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the re-integration of modern civilization"--Back ..." |
 | | Garden Cities of To-Morrow(1st Edition) by Sir Ebenezer Howard, Lewis Mumford, F.J. Osborn, Frederic James Osborn, Elizabeth Jane Howard Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1965 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-58002-1, ISBN: 0-262-58002-0 "Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform and reissued in 1902 under its present title, Garden Cities of To-Morrow holds a unique place in town planning literature. The book led directly to two experiments in town-founding that have had a profound influence on practical urban development around the world. The book was also responsible for the ..." |
 | | Transformations of Man by Lewis Mumford Hardcover, Published 1978 by Peter Smith Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-8446-4590-2, ISBN: 0-8446-4590-7 |
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