On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities /

On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities / / Geoffrey Symcox.

The first treatise ever written on the sociology of cities, On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities (1588) marked a radical departure from previous literature on urban centres. It provided a revolutionary analysis of how cities function, and of the political, economic, demographic...

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Symcox, Geoffrey,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2012
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Note on the Translation
  • Dedication to Duchess Cornelia Orsini di Altemps
  • Book I
  • 1. What Is a Great City
  • 2. On Authority
  • 3. On Force
  • 4. On Laying Waste the Lands of Neighbours
  • 5. On Removing Peoples from Their Own Countries to Our City
  • 6. On Pleasure
  • 7. On Utility
  • 8. On the Convenience of the Site
  • 9. On the Fertility of the Land
  • 10. On Convenience for Transport
  • Book II
  • 1.
  • 2. On the Particular Methods Employed by the Romans
  • 3. On Colonies
  • 4. On Religion
  • 5. On Universities
  • 6. On Courts of Justice
  • 7. On Industry
  • 8. On Fiscal Privileges
  • 9. On the Possession of Some Valuable Commodity
  • 10. On Political Dominion
  • 11. On the Residence of the Nobility
  • 12. On the Residence of the Prince
  • Book III
  • 1.
  • 2. Why Cities Do Not Grow Proportionately
  • 3. On the Causes That Maintain a City's Greatness
  • A Treatise. How Many People Rome Might Have Contained at the Height of Its Greatness
  • Bibliography of Works Cited
  • Index

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