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The City is the best, funniest, saddest, and most thought-provoking compilation ever assembled on the urban scene. James A. Clapp has arranged, with excellent woodcut illustrations, more than three thousand quotations--epigrams, epithets, verses, proverbs, scriptural references, witticisms, lyrics, literary references, and historical observations--on urban life from antiquity until the present. These quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of more than one thousand writers throughout history. This volume, with contributions from speakers, poets, song writers, politicians philosophers, scientists, religious leaders, historians, social scientists, humorists, architects, journalists, and travelers from and to many lands is designed to be used by writers, speechmakers, students, and scholars on cities and urban life. The City contains an author index, and a subject index ranging from anti-urbanism to zoning codes. Clapp's text is noteworthy for its sharp contrasts of urban and rural life and the urbanization process in different historical times and geographical areas. The work features a guide to cities index ranging from Accra to Zurich. The scope of the book is international, including entries on most major and not a few lesser cities of the world. These include historical commentaries ranging from writings at the beginning of recorded history to contemporary observations on urban planning and styles. The illustrations and designs prepared by Rene Kammeyer provide excellent and imaginative guides to the text. The work is noteworthy for its pleasures and as well insights.

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<p> Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? <p> If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. <p> The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. <p> --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land

-Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich.- --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land

<p> Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city?<p>If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations.<p>The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. <p>--Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land

Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land

(Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves. -- APA Journal Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase. -- Choice This is a delightful collection. --Cities Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land (Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves. -- APA Journal Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase. -- Choice This is a delightful collection. --Cities Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land (Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves. --APA Journal Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase. --Choice This is a delightful collection. --Cities Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land -(Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves.- --APA Journal -Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase.- --Choice -This is a delightful collection.- --Cities -Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich.- --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land

-Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich.- --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land -(Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves.- --APA Journal -Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase.- --Choice -This is a delightful collection.- --Cities Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land (Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves. --APA Journal Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase. --Choice This is a delightful collection. --Cities Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land (Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves. -- APA Journal Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase. -- Choice This is a delightful collection. --Cities Need a snappy retort to the zoning committee after hearing it has just zoned the area next to your half-finished residential development--for a sewage plant? (Or perhaps an epithet from an ancient Greek philosopher?) Need a witticism on the suburbs when giving a speech to a group of urban planners dozing off? When you're being ignored at a gathering of planners and developers, want to get some attention by giving a discourse on the dysgenic city? If the answer to all these questions-- or even one--is yes, this could be the book for you. It is a serendipitous collection of over 3,000 quotes from over 1,000 famous, and some infamous, people on the topic of cities and urban life worldwide, from antiquity to the present. The quotes are drawn from the written and spoken words of renowned to remote historians, politicians, scientists, philosophers, poets, architects, journalists, educators, humorists, song writers, some everyday people, and others. Authors/speakers are arranged alphabetically followed by their quotations. The book is designed to be used by students, scholars, writers, speechmak-ers, and anyone who likes quotable quotes, and contains a limited index of subjects ranging from 'anti-urbanism' to 'zoning' and an index of some 300 cities starting with Abu Dhabi and ending with Zurich. --Nancy H. Stewart, Urban Land (Will) replace Bartlett's on our library shelves. -- APA Journal Well designed and attractive... college, university and large public libraries will want to purchase. -- Choice This is a delightful collection. --Cities

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James A. Clapp is emeritus professor of planning and urban affairs at San Diego State University in California. He is the author of over one hundred articles, book chapters, and reviews. His books include New Towns and Urban Policy, The American City in the Cinema, and This Urban Life.

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