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The city : a world history /
The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine urban growth in the Indus River Valley in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | New Oxford world history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The City: A World History; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Editors' Preface ; Chapter 1 Origins and Locations of Early Cities, 3500-500 BCE ; Chapter 2 Great Cities, 500 BCE-300 CE; Chapter 3 Decline and Development, 300-1500; Chapter 4 Capitals, Culture, Colonization, and Revolution, 1500-1800; Chapter 5 Urban Growth and Its Consequences in an Age of Industrialization, 1800-1914; Chapter 6 Colonial Cities, 1800-1914; Chapter 7 Destruction and Reconstruction, 1914-1960; Chapter 8 Urban Decline and Urban Growth since 1950; Chronology; Notes; Further Reading; Websites; Acknowledgments.