{"product_id":"the-ideal-city-helen-rosenau-9780415417792","title":"The Ideal City: Its Architectural Evolution in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe concept of the 'ideal city' is, perhaps, more important today - when planners and architects are so firmly confined by considerations of our immediate environment - than ever before. Yet it is a concept which has profoundly influenced the western world throughout history, both as a regulative model and as an inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosenau traces the progress of the concept from biblical sources through the hellenistic and Roman empires to the Renaissance and the later Age of Enlightenment, when the emphasis shifted from religious to social considerations. She goes on to discuss the resultant nineteenth-century ideal planning, when the idea of social betterment was approached with a specific and conscious effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was first published in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Rosenau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415417791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415417792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 7.58w x 0.69d","brand":"Helen Rosenau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064916553983,"sku":"9780415417792","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe9ec840-ac2d-45fe-95ea-a050f7948ac2.jpg?v=1768671902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ideal-city-helen-rosenau-9780415417792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}