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

Publication Info.	Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2012]
	Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.
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Description	1 online resource (xxxvii, 95 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	The da Ponte Italian library series
	Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series.
Note	Translated from the Italian.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-85) and index.
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.
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Subject	Cities and towns -- Early works to 1800.
	Cities and towns.
Chronological Term	Early works to 1800
Subject	Cities and towns -- Italy -- Early works to 1800.
	Italy.
	Urban economics -- Early works to 1800.
	Urban economics.
	Sociology, Urban -- Early works to 1800.
	Sociology, Urban.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Early works.
Added Author	Symcox, Geoffrey.
Added Title	Delle cause della grandezza delle città. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80118838
Other Form:	Print version: 9781442645073 1442645075
ISBN	9781442665415 (electronic book)
	1442665416 (electronic book)
	9781442645073
	1442645075

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

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