Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology
Title | Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Chant |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2005-11-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1134636199 |
This, the first book in the series, explores cities from the earliest earth built settlements to the dawn of the industrial age exploring ancient, Medieval, early modern and renaissance cities. Among the cities examined are Uruk, Babylon, Thebes, Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, Siena, Florence, Antwerp, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hankou Among the technologies discussed are: irrigation, water transport, urban public transport, aqueducts, building materials such as brick and Roman concrete, weaponry and fortifications, street lighting and public clocks.
The Pre-industrial Cities and Technology Reader
Title | The Pre-industrial Cities and Technology Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Chant |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780415200783 |
Complied as a reference source for students, this Reader is divided into three main sections, presenting key readings on: Ancient Cities, Medieval and Early Modern Cities, and Pre-Industrial Cities in China and Africa.
Pre-industrial Cities & Technology
Title | Pre-industrial Cities & Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Open University |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780415200752 |
This set, a series of three textbooks and three readers, explores a fundamental change in the history of human society: the transition from rural to urban ways of living.
Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology
Title | Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Chant |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2005-11-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1134636202 |
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Study guide 1
Title | Study guide 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Open University |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Technology |
ISBN | 9780749239718 |
The Preindustrial City: Past and Present
Title | The Preindustrial City: Past and Present PDF eBook |
Author | Sjoberg |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0029289807 |
From Simon & Schuster, The Preindustrial City by Gideon Sjoberg examines city life both in the past and present. In his work, Sjoberg takes readers on a journey through the history of cities—from their beginnings and the cities that were independently invented to the different economic, political, and religious structures common in cities.
Cities and Technology
Title | Cities and Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Open University. AT308 Course Team |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780749287467 |