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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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.
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 European Cities and Technology Reader
Title | The European Cities and Technology Reader PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Goodman |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780415200820 |
The European Cities and Technology Reader is divided into three main sections presenting key readings on: Cities of the Industrial Revolution (to 1870), European Cities since 1870 and the Urban Technology Transfer.
The American Cities and Technology Reader
Title | The American Cities and Technology Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Gerrylynn K. Roberts |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780415200851 |
Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the textbook, this book offers in-depth readings on the technological dimensions of US cities from the earliest settlements to the internet communications of the 1990s.