The Pre Industrial Cities And Technology Reader
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The Pre industrial Cities and Technology Reader
Author | : Colin Chant |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0415200784 |
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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
Author | : Open University |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 041520075X |
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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
Author | : Colin Chant,David Goodman |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2005-11-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781134636204 |
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Pre Industrial Cities and Technology
Author | : Colin Chant,David Goodman |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2005-11-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781134636198 |
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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
Author | : David C. Goodman |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0415200822 |
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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
Author | : Gerrylynn K. Roberts |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0415200857 |
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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.
European Cities Technology
Author | : David C. Goodman,Colin Chant |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0415200806 |
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This text explores one of the most fundamental changes in the history of human society - the transition from rural to urban ways of living. It covers a range of urban technologies, including new building materials and designs.
American Cities and Technology
Author | : Gerrylynn K. Roberts,Philip Steadman |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2005-11-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781134636129 |
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Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecomunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered: * the rise of the skyscraper *the coming of the automobile age * relations between private and public transport * the development of infrastructural technologies and systems * the implications of electronic communications * the emergence of city planning.