ISBN:
0415200776
,
0415200784
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 274 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
The cities and technology series 1,[2] : Reader
Series Statement:
The cities and technology series
DDC:
303.48/3
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Construction, Technique de la - Histoire
;
Steden
;
Technique - Aspect social
;
Technologie - Aspect social - Histoire
;
Technologie
;
Urbanisme - Histoire
;
Voorindustriële maatschappij
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Stadt
;
Technology Social aspects
;
History
;
Verstädterung
;
Geschichte
;
Auswirkung
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Technik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Technik
;
Auswirkung
;
Geschichte
;
Verstädterung
;
Geschichte
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Technik
;
Auswirkung
;
Geschichte
;
Verstädterung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"The Pre-industrial Cities and Technology Reader is designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying Pre-industrial Cities, Open University textbook, in the same series. Compiled 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. Among the technologies discussed are: agricultural innovations such as the heavy plough, water transport, the medieval road revolution, the first urban public transport, aqueducts, building materials such as brick and Roman concrete, weaponry and fortifications, water clocks, street lighting and fire-fighting. Among the cities covered are: Uruk, Babylon, Thebes, Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, Siena, Florence, Antwerp, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hankou."--BOOK JACKET.
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