Andrew Lees

The City

A World History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The City: A World History depicts the rise of urban centers from the middle of the fourth century BCE to the early twenty-first century. It begins in the ancient Near East, and traces urban growth and its effects throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780199859542
• ISBN-10: 019985954X
• Artikelnr.: 42787440

Autorenporträt

Distinguished Professor of History, Rutgers University - Camden

Inhaltsangabe

Editors' Preface
Chapter 1 Origins and Locations of Early Cities, 3000-500 BCE
Chapter 2 Great Cities, 500 BCE-300 CE
Chapter 3 Decline and Development, 300-1500
Chapter 4 Capitals, Culture, Colonization, and Revolution, 1500-1800
Chapter 5 Urban Growth and Its Consequences in an Age of Industrialization, 1800-1914
Chapter 6 Colonial Cities, 1800-1914
Chapter 7 Destruction and Reconstruction, 1914-1960
Chapter 8 Urban Decline and Urban Growth, 1950-2013
Chronology
Notes
Further Reading
Websites
Index