Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form
- ISBN-10
- 0520060784
- ISBN-13
- 9780520060784
- Series
- Metropolis
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988-01-01
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Scott, Allen Scott, Allen John Scott
Description
"Scott has something different to say--a new and innovative perspective on the modern city. . . . This is a fine book, and . . . a major contribution to our understanding of the modern metropolis."--Gordon L. Clark, Carnegie Mellon University
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