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J. L. Sert and CIAM (International Congresses for Modern Architecture / Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne); Siegfried Giedon (CIAM secretary, foreword)
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Can Our Cities Survive? An ABC of Urban Problems, Their Analysis , Their Solutions
Cambridge and London, Harvard UP / Oxford UP, 1942. First edition. An oblong hardcover book, title and author's names embossed on the front cover and spine, Bradel-style hinges, 31,5 x 23,5 cm, 258 pp. fully illustrated with black and white pictures and maps. Text written on two columns. 15 chapters: Town-Planning or Our Cities and Their Problems, Dwelling as The First Urban Function, Work, Week-End and Vacation Recreation and so on. A manifesto for the reform spirit criticizing the nineteenth-century city as inadequate do massive car use and overcrowding. The author puts forward various ideas: separating various functions throughout spaces, insisting on adequate transportation, verticalization and local zoning (schools, shops, hospitals) as smaller communal units within the city, etc. Published in the midst of the Second World War, this urban planning book criticizes 19th-century cities as "inadequate" and puts forward numerous proposals to adapt them to the automobile and to populations of several million inhabitants. Some of its ideas proved very influencial in many postwar projects.
Some wear and tear on the covers and hinges, solid binding, small marginal foxing on a few pages, paper mostly clean. A sound copy.
Inside Out: Gender and Ageing Agency in Urban and Non-urban Religious Spaces in Antiquity
, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, Pages: 373, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:88 b/w, 87 col., 11 tables b/w., Languages: English, Italian. ISBN 9782503617060.
Summary Religious spaces in Antiquity could be urban (located in a densely populated area), suburban (within a day's walk of the city), or even extra-urban (located far outside the city walls, and away from the hustle of densely populated areas). They also served very different purposes, with urban sanctuaries often serving local socio-political dynamics, while extra-urban spaces were often founded to allow meditation - or for the exercise of political control over a particular territory. But while the importance of different religious spaces has long been known, up to now, very little attention has been paid to the activities of women and children within these religious spaces. This volume aims to investigate the role that these actors played in Antiquity, both in urban and non-urban sanctuaries and in funerary contexts, in order to see how they fitted into this sacral environment, and in turn, how such sanctuaries were shaped by their presence. Different chapters within the volume explore key questions such as: can religious experiences shape urban landscapes? can urban space influence religious experiences and activities? and what role did women and children play in shaping and linking religious activities and spaces? The result is a far-reaching volume that seeks to highlight the hitherto unrecognized role of women and children in shaping the social, economic, sacral, and even political landscapes of sacred spaces. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction Giulia Pedrucci, Francesca Fulminante, and Martina Seifert 1. Spazi della morte e infanzia: Riflessioni a partire dalla documentazione archeologica nell'Italia preromana Daniela Costanzo How Urban, Non-Urban, and Funerary Spaces Intertwine with Women and Children: General Remarks and 'Interspatial' Perspectives 2. Infancy and Archaeology in Sacred Areas in Etruria Elisabetta Govi 3. The Infancy of Dionysus and the Sacred: Evidence between Etruscan Bologna and Vulci Chiara Pizzirani 4. Distribuzione e funzione delle statuette votive fittili raffiguranti adulti con bambini nell'Italia antica fra VII e I secolo a.C.: differenze fra spazi urbani, non urbani e funerari Giulia Pedrucci 5. Le statuette votive fittili raffiguranti adulti con bambini nell'Italia antica e lo spazio. Tre casi di studio a confronto: il cosiddetto tempio di Minerva Medica a Roma, il santuario di Fondo Patturelli a Capua e il santuario di Bitalemi a Gela Giulia Pedrucci 6. Religious Agency of Children and Youths in the Roman Greece of Pausanias Ville Vuolanto Urban and Suburban Spaces 7. Women and Female Deities in the Urban and Suburban Sanctuaries of Pompeii Maria Teresa D'Alessio 8. 'Worshipping Women': Case Studies from Urban and Suburban Holy Places in Southern Apulia (Sixth-Third Century BC) Giovanni Mastronuzzi 9. Megara Hyblaea: Donne e bambini nelle aree sacre e nelle necropoli della città Lorenzo Guzzardi 10. Donne e bambini nel santuario urbano di Griso Laboccetta a Rhegion: Immagini, offerte, praxis rituale Daniela Costanzo 11. Women and Performative Space in the Cults of Meter: Epigraphic Evidence from Asia Minor and the Black Sea Marios Kamenou 12. Women and their Clothing Styles in Sacred Spaces: The Case of Palmyra Olympia Bobou and Rubina Raja Extra-urban Spaces 13. Back to Brauron: Hippocrates, Artemis, and Girls in Extra-urban Sanctuaries Laurence Totelin 14. Female Offerings and Slf-representation in Mid-Republican Votive Deposits: A Case Study from Fidenae Letizia Ceccarelli 15. La munificenza femminile nei luoghi di culto dell'Italia Romana: Alcuni esempi Silvia Gazzoli 16. 'Empty Spaces': The Rejection of Motherhood in Female Ascetic Contexts of Late Antiquity, with Reference to Syriac Linguistic and Cultural Environments Claudia Tavolieri 17. Engaging with the World of the Medieval Anchoress in the Twenty-First Century Emily Bowyer-Kazadi Funerary Spaces 18. Motherhood (and by Comparison Fatherhood) Indicators in Funerary Ritual Spaces in Proto-historic Central Italy (Latium vetus and Osteria dell'Osa 1100/1050-580 BC) Francesca Fulminante 19. Women and Infants in Urban Funerary Sacred Spaces in Campania Mariassunta Cuozzo 20. Iulia Florentina's Burial in Catania: Urban and Suburban Religious Spaces in Connection Cristina Soraci 21. Saint Agatha's Burial in Catania: New Discoveries Cristina Soraci 22. Women and Children in Funerary Practices in the Cemetery of Vaste (Fourth-Sixth Century AD): A Visible Care for Invisible People Giovanni Mastronuzzi and Giorgia Tulumello Index
Urban History Writing in Northwest Europe (15th-16th centuries)
, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, 231 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:20 b/w, 6 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503583761.
Summary This volume aims at taking the first steps towards a revaluation of urban historiography in Northwest Europe, including rather than excluding texts that do not fit common definitions. It confronts examples from the Low Countries to well-studied cases abroad, in order to develop new approaches to urban historiography in general. In the authors' view, there are no fixed textual formats, social or political categories, or material forms that exclusively define 'the urban chronicle'. Urban historiography in pre-modern Western Europe came in many guises, from the dry and modest historical notes in a guild register, to the elaborate heraldic images in a luxury manuscript made on commission for a patrician family, to the legally founded political narrative of a professional scribe in an official town chronicle. The contributions in this volume attest to the diversity of the 'genre' and look more closely at these texts from a broader, comparative perspective, unrestrained by typologies and genre definitions. It is mainly because of these hybrid guises, that many examples of urban historiography from the Low Countries for instance succeeded in going unnoticed for a considerable amount of time. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Jan Dumolyn and Anne-Laure Van Bruaene [Both University of Ghent] - Urban Historiography in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Chapter 1: Questioning genre and typologies Marco Tomaszewski [University of Freiburg] - Constructing Urban Historiography. The Edition Basler Chroniken and the Beinheim Manuscript Ina Serif [University of Freiburg] - Urban chronicles - urban consciousness? On the chronicle of Jakob Twinger von Königshofen in new codicological contexts Jenine de Vries [University of Durham] - It's not just about chronicles. The variety of forms of historical writing in late medieval towns in England and the Southern Low Countries. Paul Trio [KU Leuven] - Ypres as a historiographical breeding ground in late medieval Flanders. Origin and interconnectedness of urban and regional historiography Chapter 2: The memory of conflict: the social and political context of urban historiography Laura Crombie [University of York] - Records and rumours from Tournai; Jehan Nicolay's account of a town at war and the construction of memory Tineke Van Gassen [University of Ghent] - The Diary of Ghent: between urban politics and late medieval historiography Bram Caers and Lisa Demets [University of Antwerp/University of Utrecht; and University of Ghent] - Opposing reports on loyalty and rebellion. Urban history writing in late medieval Bruges and Mechelen Chapter 3: Materiality and mixed media Marcus Meer [University of Durham] - Heraldry, Historiography and Urban Identity in Late Medieval Augsburg. The Cronographia Augustensium and the Gossembrot Armorial Peter Bakker [VU Amsterdam] - The origin and purpose of the town chronicles of the city Kampen Louise Vermeersch [KU Leuven] - Printed Almanacs: a Popular Medium for Urban Historiography and Religious Dissent?
Urban Hierarchy. The Interaction between Towns and Cities in Europe in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times
, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 228 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Language(s):English, French. ISBN 9782503577272.
Summary Urban hierarchy means a new study approach that focuses on the reciprocal concurrence of relationships between urban centers, their complementarity, opposition, support and ongoing collaboration. The goal is to go beyond the single analysis of a city and focus on the interaction between towns and cities and to distinguish their dynamics and the degree of specialization within a political framework. The final objective is to provide a comprehensive historical analysis as urban history requires, open to the advantages of interdisciplinarity and the contributions of the international researchers that will take part in the book. The processes of urban hierarchisation are not only vital for observing the dynamics of cities, but also for studying in depth the response capabilities of the urban systems in the face of new challenges and stimuli. These aspects of the historical analysis of cities are still quite unexplored and, therefore, they will receive a great deal of attention in the book. The initial regional frameworks will not exclude small towns and rural centers since, even though they may look less potentially relevant, they might display greater specific development. Thanks to a renewed methodology and special attention to the empirical basis, it is possible to improve our knowledge of the urban systems of European regions at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Early Modern Era, shedding light on some aspects of the medieval past that will also influence other scientific areas of humanities. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Urban Hierarchies in Pre-Modern Europe Maria Asenjo-González Part I - Urban Networks and Central Place Rouen : pôle urbain et centre de consommation Anne Kucab Le réseau erfurtois à la fin du Moyen Âge. Une construction politique en marge du seigneur Morwenna Coquelin Urban Hierarchies in the Heart of the Po Valley (12th-15th century). Persistence and Change Andrea Gamberini Part II - Capital Cities and Political Actions Rethinking Madrid during the Sixteenth Century. An Approach from Urban Hierarchies David Alonso García About the Urbanization in the Kingdom of Naples. The Campanian Area in 15th-16th Centuries Francesco Senatore Urban Networks 'in Defence of the Realm'. Castilian Cities in Valladolid's Orbit of Influence (1504-1520) María Ángeles Martín Romera Part III - Dynamics of Government. Cooperation, Rivalry and Conflict between Cities The Town of Kolín and its Communication Horizons in the Late Middle Ages Jan Vojtí?ek Urban Hierarchies and the Institutional Fabric of Late Medieval European Towns Arie van Steensel Resistance to Jurisdictional Predominance and Hierarchical Ambitions. Cadahalso versus Escalona (1232-1480) Óscar López Gómez The Interaction between the Bohemian Royal Towns and their Relation to the Cities of Central Europe in 1526-1620 Jana Vojtí?ková
Journal of Urban Archaeology 12 (2025) Featuring a special section, Lost Cities and Legacy Data.
, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2025 Paperback, 296 Pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:78 b/w, 116 col., 2 tables b/w., Language:English, *new. ISBN 9782503615646.
This issue of Journal of Urban Archaeology combines an open call for papers with a special thematic section focused on the entanglement of political control and colonialism with the archaeology of urban sites in the Near East and Egypt during the late Ottoman and the Mandate periods. The articles in this special issue examine how earlier colonial and orientalist approaches informed and shaped archaeological fieldwork, and created persistent legacies in the study of ancient urban sites, through the use of specifi c case studies. Through this approach, these articles demonstrate how the critical re-examination of legacy data can structure nuanced narratives, and together, the authors point the way forwards for dismantling current paradigms around the urban archaeology of the region. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations ?The House we Live in? Rubina Raja and Søren M. Sindbæk Recent Research in Nicomedia: New Reliefs and the Location of the Hippodrome Within the Urban Context Tuna ?are A?türk An Egyptian Villa with Animal Pens in New Kingdom Nubia: Reinterpreting Building H4 and Area H4W on Sai Island Carl G. Elkins, Julia Budka, and Chloë Ward Inventing Urban Public Space: Morphogenesis and Energized Crowding in Mohenjo-Daro Kim Dovey and Michael E. Smith Ephemeral Rituals and Urban Timescapes: Family Ties and Object Biography at the Asklepieia of Epidauros and Pergamon Pim Schievink and Christina Williamson Do Warmer, Wetter, and More Unpredictable Environments Matter? Differences in Institutional and Infrastructural Arrangements and Intergenerational Wealth Distributions between Premodern Cities in the Humid and Semiarid Neotropics Vernon L. Scarborough and Christian Isendahl Special Issue: Lost Cities and Legacy Data Cities ?Lost? and ?Found?: The Impact of Western Research on Ancient Sites in the Perception of their Urbanism Olympia Bobou and Rubina Raja Shelving Urban Excavations: Revisiting Ottoman and Mandate Period Archives in Western Asia Olympia Bobou, Filiz Tütüncü Ça?lar, Miriam Kühn, Eleanor Q. Neil, and Rubina Raja Lost Cities in the Near East: Reassembling Knowledge through Archival Research and Excavation Documentation Olympia Bobou, Miriam Kühn, and Rubina Raja Note sur l?urbanisme antique en Syrie durant la période du Mandat Français Michel Al-Maqdissi From Tadmor to Palmyra, 1923?1929: The (Re-)creation of an Ancient City Olympia Bobou and Rubina Raja From ?Secondary? City to Primary Focus: A Historiographical Approach to the Urbanity of Seleucia in Pieria Michael Blömer, Olympia Bobou, Eleanor Q. Neil, and Rubina Raja The Organization of Archaeological Fieldwork and Selective Publication of Findings as Appropriation of Knowledge: Observations on the 1931 Spring Campaign in Gerasa Rubina Raja Alexandria as an Observatory of the Difficulties of Ancient Urban History Marie-Dominique Nenna
