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Cities & people by Mark Girouard · Booklabria

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First published: 1985
Language: English
Editions: 4

Synopsis

This social and aesthetic history of the world's major cities from antiquity to the present focuses on crucial periods of the cities' past and examines their architecture in light of the men and women who used it.

Subjects: History
Histoire
Social conditions
Architecture
City and town life
Social history

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