This series of three textbooks and three Readers explores one of the most fundamental changes in the history of human society; the transition from mainly rural to mainly urban ways of living. The series presents, chronologically, a new highly illustrated social history of technology using urban settings as a focus. The Readers have been designed to be used on their own or as companion volumes to the textbooks.
By Colin Chant, David Goodman
December 17, 1998
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, ...
By Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Philip Steadman
June 24, 1999
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 ...
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By Colin Chant, David Goodman
April 22, 1999
The European Cities and Technology Reader is designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying European Cites and Technology textbook in the same seriesThe European Cities and Technology Reader is divided into three main sections presenting key readings on: Cities of the ...
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By Gerrylyn K. Roberts
April 15, 1999
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 ...
By Colin Chant, David Goodman
March 25, 1999
Cities & Technology, a series of three textbooks and three readers, explores one of the most fundamental changes in the history of human society: the transition from predominantly rural to urban ways of living. This series presents a new social history of technology, using primarily urban settings ...
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By Colin Chant
December 17, 1998
The Pre-Industrial Cities 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 ...
