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OHB CITIES IN WORLD HISTORY OHBK C

By Clark

OHB CITIES IN WORLD HISTORY OHBK C

By Clark

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In 28 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world? And what were the key drivers in the roller-coaster of urban change over the millennia - market forces such as tradeand industry? rulers and governments? competition and collaboration between cities? or the urban environment and demographic forces? This pioneering comparative work by fifty leading scholars drawn from a range of disciplines offers the first detailed comparative study of urban development fromancient times to the present day.
The Handbook explores not only the main trends in the growth of cities and towns across the world - in Asia and the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas - and the different types of cities from great metropolitan centres to suburbs, colonial cities, and market towns, but also many of the essential themes in the making and remaking of the urban world: the role of power, economic development, migration, social inequality, environmental challenge and the urban response, religionand representation, cinema, and urban creativity. Split into three parts covering Ancient cities, the medieval and early modern period, and the modern and contemporary era, it begins with an introduction by the editor identifying the importance and challenges of research on cities in world history as well asthe crucial outlines of urban development since the earliest cities in ancient Mesopotamia to the present.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
914
Release Date:
2013-04-06
Publication Date:
2014-02-19
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199589534
ISBN13:
9780199589531
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1878 g
Height:
183 cm
Width:
260 cm
Thickness:
53 cm
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