This volume brings together representative selections of Lewis Mumford's major writings on the central concerns of his life. Praised by Malcolm Cowley as "the last of the great humanists, " Mumford (1895-1990) produced a body of cultural criticism and commentary that for its range and richness is unmatched in modern American letters. Author of countless articles and more than thirty books - including the landmark works The Culture of the Cities and The City in History - Mumford is arguably this century's foremost architectural critic. In addition, he shaped some of the most important public policy debates of our time, writing with vigor on such issues as urban development, transportation policy, land planning, the environment, nuclear disarmament, and the problems and promises of technology.
- ISBN10 0820316954
- ISBN13 9780820316956
- Publish Date 1 December 1995 (first published 12 October 1986)
- Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
- Out of Print 6 November 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Georgia Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 400
- Language English