cities and towns

Stories about the towns, large and small, that grew up along the stagecoach routes across Western New York.

Provides complete profiles--in both narrative and statistical form--of the most important cities in North America--from Nashua, New Hampshire to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Provides complete profiles--in both narrative and statistical form--of the most important cities in the United States from Albany, New York to Montpelier, Vermont.

A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.

Explores the history of the Italian Renaissance in two stages, the first, from the eleventh century to about 1300, concerned with the physical building of cities and the rise of a new economy, society, states, and values, and the second, from the late 1200s to the late 1600s, seeing the rise of literature, art, and ideas.

Presents crowded illustrations of urban scenes, and asks readers to find over one thousand specific items within the images; and encourages early counting skills.

Describes the sights and sounds to be found in any large city.

Provides descriptions of twenty-one cities around the world at their greatest moments of achievement, discussing cultural and artistic creativity, technological and economic innovation, the marriage of art and technology, urban innovation with regard to problem solving, quality of life, and other topics.