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28%OFFMichael J. Lewis - City of Refuge: Separatists and Utopian Town Planning - 9780691171814 - V9780691171814
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City of Refuge: Separatists and Utopian Town Planning

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Description for City of Refuge: Separatists and Utopian Town Planning Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 color illus. 75 halftones. BIC Classification: AMVD; AMX; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 351 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
The vision of Utopia obsessed the nineteenth-century mind, shaping art, literature, and especially town planning. In City of Refuge, Michael Lewis takes readers across centuries and continents to show how Utopian town planning produced a distinctive type of settlement characterized by its square plan, collective ownership of properties, and communal dormitories. Some of these settlements were sanctuaries from religious persecution, like those of the German Rappites, French Huguenots, and American Shakers, while others were sanctuaries from the Industrial Revolution, like those imagined by Charles Fourier, Robert Owen, and other Utopian visionaries. Because of their differences in ideology and theology, these ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691171814
SKU
V9780691171814
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-46

About Michael J. Lewis
Michael J. Lewis is the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History at Williams College. His books include Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind, The Gothic Revival, and American Art and Architecture. His essays and reviews have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

Reviews for City of Refuge: Separatists and Utopian Town Planning
Lewis offers a great deal that is original and often provocative.
-Carl Abbott, Buildings & Landscapes Impressive and fascinating. . . . Lewis treats us to not only a multifaceted history of the ideal city from fifteenth-century Italy to nineteenth century America, but has fashioned a thoroughly enjoyable and often-entertaining journey along the way. The book is exceptionally well ... Read more

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