In the general introduction, the authors endorse the formulation of Brian Berry that “cities are systems within systems of cities” (Brian Berry, “Cities as Systems within Systems of Cities,” in Regional Development and Planning, ed. John Friedman and William Alonso [Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1964]).
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The authors of book 1, “La ville antique,” are Xavier Lafon, Jean-Yves Marc, and Maurice Sartre.
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Book 2, “La ville médiévale,” was written by Patrick Boucheron and Denis Menjot, with the collaboration of Marc Boone.
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Book 3, “La ville moderne,” was written by Olivier Zeller. The quotation is from p. 1:811. The reference is to Marino Berengo, L’Europa della Città: Il volto della società urbana europea tra Medioevo ed Età moderna (Turin: Einaudi, 2000).
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Paul M. Hohenberg and Lynn Hollen Lees, The Making of Urban Europe, 1000-1994 (1985; reprint, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1994), 180-180. On the whole, however, the analysis here is less materialist and structuralist than that of Hohenberg and Lees.
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Book 4, “La ville contemporaine jusqu’à la Seconde Guerre mondiale,” was authored by Jean-Luc Pinol and François Walter.
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The authors of book 5, “La ville européenne outre-mer,” are Odile Goerg and Xavier Huetz de Lemps.
