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Understanding cities

Shows how cities live and die from the ground up-and down. Explores the transportation, water and sewer systems, and architectural landmarks of 5 great cities. Historians, urban planners, architects and social scientists assess the past, present and future of the crowded, crowning symbols of civilization. Profiled cities include New York, Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., Seaside, Fla., Miami, Teotihuacan, and Brasilia

DVD Video, English, [2004], ©1996
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Princeton, N.J., [2004], ©1996