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? and What threshold population size and settlement longevity constitute a city? The study covers more than population magnitude and population makeup, the two major frameworks of urban demography. The contributors combine their archaeological and historical expertise to reveal commonalities, as well as theoretical extrapolations and methodological approaches, at work here and outside the sample. Urbanism in the Preindustrial World is a unique study revealing the variety of factors involved in the coalescing and dispersal of populations in preindustrial times.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
ISBN-13
9780817352462
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94777903
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Urban Planning
Author
Glenn R. Storey
Publication Name
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-Cultural Approaches
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Glenn R. Storey
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