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Copyright © 1995 by Witold Rybczynski
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First Touchstone Edition 1996
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the Scribner edition as follows:
Rybczynski, Witold.
City life: urban expectations in a new world / Witold Rybczynski.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Cities and towns—United States—History.
2. City planning—United States.
3. Architecture and society—United States.
I. Title.
NA910S.R93 1995
711'.4'0973—dc20
95-12648
CIP
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-81302-8
ISBN-1O: 0-684-81302-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-82529-8 (Pbk)
ISBN-10: 0-684-82529-5 (Pbk)
ISBN-13: 978-1-476-73734-8 (eBook)