Title:
Atlas of lost cities : a travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinations / Aude de Tocqueville ; illustrations, Karin Doering-Froger.
Author:
Grouard de Tocqueville, Aude, author.
Doering-Froger, Karin, illustrator.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2016.
©2014
Call Number:
CC176 .G76 2016
Abstract:
Like humans, cities are mortal - they are born, they thrive, and they eventually die. Aude de Tocqueville details the destinies of 44 once-vibrant urban centers that are now vacant ruins and empty ghost towns.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780316352024
Physical Description:
142 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
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Contents:
Africa. Antinoë, Egypt ; Carthage, Tunisia ; Djémila, Algeria ; Kolmannskuppe, Namibia ; Leptis Magna, Libya ; Nova Cidade de Kilamba, Angola -- America. Bannack, United States ; Calico, United States ; Centralia, United States ; Epecuén, Argentina ; Gagnon, Canada ; Humberstone, Chile ; Pulacayo, Bolivia ; Rhyolite, United States ; Teotihuacán, Mexico ; Tikal, Guatemala ; Vilcabamba, Peru -- Asia. Agdam, Azerbaijan ; Angkor, Cambodia ; Babylon, Iraq ; Bam, Iran ; Fatehpur Sikri, India ; Hattusa, Turkey ; Hiroshima, Japan ; Hashima, Japan ; Kadykchan, Russia ; Kantubek, Uzbekistan ; Kayaköy, Turkey ; Lothal, India ; Mandu, India ; Mari, Syria ; Ma'rib, Yemen ; Masada, Israel ; Sanzhi, Taiwan ; Sanzhi, Taiwan ; Shi Cheng, China -- Europe. Balestrino, Italy ; Colesbukta, Norway ; Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France ; Pompeii, Italy ; Prora, Germany ; Pripyat, Ukraine - Seseña, Spain ; Varosha, Cyprus.
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Uniform Title:
Atlas des cités perdues. English
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