Download or read book The European City written by Leonardo Benevolo and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1995-11-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of the European city from the early Middle Ages to the present. Tracing the city from the survival of urban life after the collapse of the Roman Empire to the effects of modern industrialization and transportation, Professor Benevolo's book also provides a fascinating account of the relationship between urban life and cultural and intellectual life.