| Anthony M. Tung, author of Preserving
the World'd Great Cities.
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your interest,
Anthony Tung
PRESERVING
THE WORLD'S GREAT CITIES:
The Destruction and Renewal of the Historic Metropolis
By Anthony M. Tung
| Hardcover edition: |
Clarkson Potter, New York, 2001 |
| Softcover edition: |
Three Rivers Press, New York, 2001 |
| Japanese edition: |
Kaiji Shobol Publishers, Kyoto, 2006 |
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Translated by: Hiroshi Mimura (editor), Yoshifumi Muneta, Yuga Kariya, Noriaki Nishiyama, Tetsuya Kakuhashi, Yushi Utaka, Fumihiko Kobayashi, Takaya Kurimoto, Yoko Kawai |
Drawings and maps by the author
Photographs by Janet Vicario and Anthony Tung
ISBN 0-517-70148-0
BOOK
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
The
Awakening of a Conservation Ethic
1. The Century of Destruction
2. The City That Devoured Its Glory
 Imperial
and Renaissance Rome
3.
The City That Rewrote Its Past
Fascist
and Modern Rome
The
Culture of Conservation in Cities
4. The Heritage of War
Warsaw
5. The Tragedy of the Megacity
Cairo
6. Ideological Conflict with the Past
Moscow
and Beijing
7. Preservation and Economic Justice
Singapore
8. Preservation and Social Conscience
Amsterdam
and Vienna
9. The City of the Gods Besieged
Athens
10. The Comprehensible Urban Visage
London
and Paris
11. Tourism versus the Habitable City
Venice
12. Politics and Preservation in the Modern Metropolis
New
York
13. Reversing the Culture of Destruction
Kyoto
The
Widening Ethic of Preservation
14. The City Redeemed
Berlin,
Moscow, New York, and Mexico City
15. The City As a Living Museum
Charleston
and Jerusalem
Bibliographic
Sources
Acknowledgements
Index
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