Lewis Mumford looks at the American city. He asks what Broadway is for, and what the five-and-ten-cent store gives the factory worker: a taste of spending in a place that is otherwise drab.
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Lewis Mumford looks at the American city. He asks what Broadway is for, and what the five-and-ten-cent store gives the factory worker: a taste of spending in a place that is otherwise drab. The city, he argues, makes up for what the industrial town leaves out.
It is a short, thoughtful look at how people actually live in American cities, and what they do for pleasure when work leaves them tired.
This essay comes from Civilization in the United States, a 1922 collection edited by Harold Stearns. Read by Brett Carter in forty-seven minutes.
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Details
Length
47 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
September 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798182626972
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This edition of The City (from Civilization in the United States) by Lewis Mumford is narrated by Brett Carter.
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