Cities and People A Social and Architectural History

London, Paris, Venice, New York, Rome, Constantinople - the cities of the world have captured man's imagination for generations. In this lively, sumptuously illustrated book, the author of the best-selling 'Life In The English Country House' takes us on a tour of cities and their people through the centuries. Focusing on carefully selected cities at crucial periods in their history, Mark Girouard looks at their architecture and design in the light of the needs of the men and women who lived in them.Girouard, Mark is the author of 'Cities and People A Social and Architectural History', published 1987 under ISBN 9780300039689 and ISBN 0300039689.