Cities and civilizations / Christopher Hibbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--History.

Cities and towns.

History.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Civilisation--Histoire.

Villes--Histoire.

Local Subjects:

Civilisation--Histoire.

Villes--Histoire.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1986]

Contents:

The ancient city. Thebes in the days of the Pharoahs, 2000 BC- 1200 BC

Jerusalem in the days of David and Herod, 1000 BC-AD 60

Athens in the days of Pericles, 480 BC-404 BC

Rome in the days of the Emperor Trajan, AD 53-117

The developing city. Constantinople in the days of Constantine and Justinian, 330-565

Hangzhou in the days of the Sung Emperors, 1138-1279

Cuzco in the days of the Incas, 1300-1533

Florence in the days of the Medici, 1389-1492

Toledo in the days of Philip II and El Greco, 1556-1598

Amsterdam in the days of Rembrandt, 1606-1669

Paris in the days of Louis XIV, 1651-1715

London in the days of Pepys and Wren, 1666-1723

St Petersburg in the days of Peter the Great, 1703-1725

Venice in the days of Canaletto and Casanova, 1697-1798

Vienna in the days of Franz Josef, 1848-1916

The modern city. New Orleans : "The Crescent City"

Tokyo : "City of the Rising Sun"

Berlin : "The Babylon of the world"

Moscow : "A model Communist city"

New York : "A stroke of genius"

Sydney : "The finest harbour in the world."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) and index.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1555840175

9781555840174

OCLC:

13560504