This work, revised and updated for its second edition, collates quotes about cities and urban life from a broad range of literary, historical, political, social, and academic figures (often including
For students, scholars, and film enthusiasts, Clapp (planning and urban affairs, San Diego State U.) examines the relationship between cities and the cinema and their reciprocal influence. He draws on
The City is the best, funniest, saddest, and most thought-provoking compilation ever assembled on the urban scene. James A. Clapp has arranged, with excellent woodcut illustrations, more than three th