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Urbanism in the preindustrial world : cross-cultural approaches /
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide. This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differentl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide. This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently conceive and execute their research on the population of cities. The subject cities are in Greece, Mesoamerica, the Andes, Italy, Egypt, Africa, United States, Denmark, and China. This broad sample provides a useful framework for answers to such questions as "Why did people agglomerate into cities? |
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| Notas: | "Originated as an Archaeology Division session for the 95th Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Philadelphia, December 1998"--Acknowledgements |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 443 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-408) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780817380977 0817380973 0817314768 9780817314767 |