Dream cities : seven urban ideas that shape the world
"A lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities -- from suburbs, downtown districts, and exurban sprawl, to shopping malls and "sustainable" developments--that allows us to view them through the planning, design, architects, and movements that inspired, created, and shaped them. Dream Cities explores our cities in a new way -- as expressions of ideas, often conflicting, about how we should live, work, play, make, buy, and beli...