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On the causes of the greatness and magnificence of cities, 1588 Giovanni Botero ; translation and introduction by Geoffrey Symcox.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library seriesPublication details: Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012.; (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013).Description: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 95 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442665415
  • 1442665416
Uniform titles:
  • Delle cause della grandezza delle città. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HT111
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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.
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Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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