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Rome (Cities in World History)
Andrew Leach
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Description for Rome (Cities in World History)
Hardcover. Andrew Leach s Rome is the first book in Polity s exciting new Cities in World History series, which aims to provide the general reader and traveller with historically informed companions to the world s greatest cities. Series: Cities in World History. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 116 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
Andrew Leach’s Rome is the first book in Polity’s exciting new ‘Cities in World History’ series, which aims to provide the general reader and traveller with historically informed companions to the world’s greatest cities. Most city guides are good on practical details but very thin when it comes to recounting the histories of cities and contextualizing the buildings and sites for which they are famous. These new books from Polity bridge the gulf between guide and history by offering concise and accessible accounts written by some of the world’s leading historians.
Rome has a history unmatched in richness by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Series
Cities in World History
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745669748
SKU
V9780745669748
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99-1
About Andrew Leach
Andrew Leach is Professor of Architecture at the University of Sydney.
Reviews for Rome (Cities in World History)
"In this unconventional and sagely written guide to Rome, Andrew Leach captures the pulsating memory that is embodied in the history of Rome and its urban scene, and the mixture of the sublime and the trivial that are somehow inextricably united in this great theatre of the world." Maristella Casciato, Getty Research Institute "This is ... Read more