The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford. This was published in 1922 but the author lived until 1990. It is a really interesting book.
Here's a description from sacred texts:
This is a survey of the development of the concept of Utopia, by one of the foremost urban planning theorists of the 20th century. This was Mumford's first book. He starts with a survey of the major utopias, some well-known, others less so. We look at Plato's Republic, More's Utopia, Andreæ's Christanopolis, Bacon's New Atlantis, Campanella's City of the Sun, Fourier's Phalanxes, Cabet's Icaria, Bellamy's Looking Backward, Morris' News from Nowhere, and finally H.G. Wells' utopian fiction. In the final portion of the book Mumford explores the prospects for Utopia and relates it to the realities of urban planning. Mumford's prose style is engaging and this is a great introduction to this fascinating subject
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http://www.archive.org/details/storyutopias00mumfgoog
The Story of Utopias by Mumford [PD US ONLY]
Sounds fascinating. I'd love to be part of it, but unfortunately this book won't in the public domain in Australia until 2060.alg1001 wrote:The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford. This was published in 1922 but the author lived until 1990. It is a really interesting book.
http://www.archive.org/details/storyutopias00mumfgoog
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Yeah - sounds great, but it's only PD in the USA.
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A second book by Lewis Mumford, published in 1924, is now PD in the US (only):
Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64629
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Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64629
Colleen
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