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Western Civilization, Vol 2: An Urban Perspective From the Seventeenth Century to the Contemporary Age
Western Civilization Vol 2 An Urban Perspective From the Seventeenth Century to the Contemporary Age Author:F. Roy Willis Second Edition. — Attempt to reconstruct the life of a great city, seen not only in its position in the evolution of Western civilization but undersood also as a unique creation in itself. Ten great cities were chosen, to cover the evolution of our civilization from Athens in the fifth century B.C. to New York City in the twentieth centurey.... more » Narrative chapters, with an urban focus, linked the studies of individual cities, enabling the reader to place the cities in a wider historical focus.
Contents
Chapter 15 The Baroque City and Its Rulers
Chapter 16 The Paris of the Philosophes
Chapter 17 Cities in Revolution
Chapter 18 The Vienna of Metternich
Chapter 19 The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 20 The London of Victoria
Chapter 21 Fin de Siècle
Chapter 22 The Berlin of the Kaiser
Chapter 23 The Moscow of Lenin and Stalin
Chapter 24 From War to War, 1919-1945
Chapter 25 New York City: the Crisis of the Metropolis