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15%OFFJames H. S. McGregor - Rome from the Ground Up - 9780674022638 - V9780674022638
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Rome from the Ground Up

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Description for Rome from the Ground Up Paperback. Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different centre. Beginning with the very shaping of the ground on which Rome first rose, this book conjures various cities, taking the reader through time and space to the shifting realities - architectural, historical, political and social - that constitute Rome. Series: From the Ground Up. Num Pages: 368 pages, 100 color illustrations, 30 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.

Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different center: now the trading port on the Tiber; now the Forum of antiquity; the Palatine of imperial power; the Lateran Church of Christian ascendancy; the Vatican; the Quirinal palace. Beginning with the very shaping of the ground on which Rome first rose, this book conjures all these cities, past and present, conducting the reader through time and space to the complex and shifting realities--architectural, historical, political, and social--that constitute Rome.

A multifaceted historical portrait, this richly illustrated work is as gritty as it ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
From the Ground Up
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674022638
SKU
V9780674022638
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Ref
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About James H. S. McGregor
James H. S. McGregor is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia.

Reviews for Rome from the Ground Up
Rome from the Ground Up is an enthralling book. McGregor's sensitive, lively writing rises to the beauties of the city and, miraculously, does so with the same economy that characterizes Roman Baroque architecture. McGregor obviously sees Rome's most sublime realms and writes a sublime prose to match, as far away from Rococo ornament as it is from the ... Read more

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