Anthony D King

Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Recent years have witnessed a surge in public awareness concerning the impact of world economic forces on cities. In this challenging book, the author argues that though the consciousness is new the phenomena themselves are not. For the past two centuries at least, world economic, political and cultural forces have been major factors shaping cities, patterns of urbanization and the physical and spatial forms of the built environment. The book explores and documents the cultural and spatial links between metropolitan core and colonial periphery and examines the historical foundations of the world urban system. It also examines the social production of building and urban form, and demonstrates their potential for understanding economic, political, socail and cultural change on a global scale.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781138885332
• ISBN-10: 1138885339
• Artikelnr.: 41755292

Autorenporträt

Anthony D. King

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Urbanism, Colonialism and the World Economy 2.
Incorporating the Periphery (1): Colonial Cities 3. Incorporating The
Periphery (2): Urban Planning in the Colonies 4. Viewing the World as One
(1): Urban History and the World System 5. Viewing the World as One (2):
Culture and the Political Economy of Urban Form 6. Changes in the Core (1):
The Global Production of Building Form 7. Changes in the Core (2):
Building, Architecture and The New International Division of Labour