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On the causes of the greatness and magnificence of cities, 1588 / Giovanni Botero ; translation and introduction by Geoffrey Symcox
- Author
- Botero, Giovanni, 1540-1617
- Uniform Title
- Delle cause della grandezza delle città. English
- Published
- Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2012]
Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013. - Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxvii, 95 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Symcox, Geoffrey
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- Series
- Contents
- BOOK I. 1. What Is a Great City ; 2. On Authority ; 3. On Force ; 4. On Laying Waste the Lands of Neighbours ; 5. On Removing Peoples from Their Own Countries to Our City ; 6. On Pleasure ; 7. On Utility ; 8. On the Convenience of the Site ; 9. On the Fertility of the Land ; 10. On Convenience for Transport -- BOOK II. 1. 31 ; 2. On the Particular Methods Employed by the Romans ; 3. On Colonies ; 4. On Religion ; 5. On Universities ; 6. On Courts of Justice ; 7. On Industry ; 8. On Fiscal Privileges ; On the Possession of Some Valuable Commodity ; 10. On Political Dominion ; 11. On the Residence of the Nobility ; 12. On the Residence of the Prince -- BOOK III 1. 71 ; 2. Why Cities Do Not Grow Proportionately ; 3. On the Causes That Maintain a City's Greatness -- A Treatise. How Many People Rome Might Have Contained at the Height of Its Greatness.
- Summary
- This edition of the treatise -- which includes an introduction by Geoffrey W. Symcox on the intellectual context within which it was conceived -- is a must-read for anyone interested in the life of cities both historical and contemporary.
- Subject(s)
- Cities and towns—Early works to 1800
- Cities and towns—Italy—Early works to 1800
- Urban economics—Early works to 1800
- Sociology, Urban—Early works to 1800
- Villes—Ouvrages avant 1800
- Économie urbaine—Ouvrages avant 1800
- Sociologie urbaine—Ouvrages avant 1800
- Villes—Italie—Ouvrages avant 1800
- SOCIAL SCIENCE—Sociology—Urban
- Cities and towns
- Sociology, Urban
- Urban economics
- Italy
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781442665415 (electronic bk.)
1442665416 (electronic bk.)
9781442645073
1442645075 - Note
- Translated from the Italian.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-85) and index.
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