The pre-industrial cities and technology reader /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge in association with The Open University, c1999. |
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| Description: | ix, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cities and technology Cities & technology. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3664429 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures and tables
- Introduction
- Part 1. Ancient Cities
- 1. Urban Origins: a review of theories
- 2. Bricks and Brickmaking in Mud and Clay
- 3. History
- 4. Deir el-Medina
- 5. Heavy Transport in Classical Antiquity
- 6. Ancient Greek Water Supply
- 7. Lifting in Early Greek Architecture
- 8. The Organization and Supply of Roman Building
- 9. The Construction of Fortified Towns
- 10. On the Water Supply of the City of Rome
- 11. A Model of Agricultural Change
- 12. The Transformation of the Roman Suburbium
- Part 2. Medieval and Early Modern Cities
- 13. Water Supply in Early Medieval Italy
- 14. From Polis to Madina: urban change in late antique and early Islamic Syria
- 15. Medieval Technology and Social Change
- 16. Fuelling the City: production and distribution of firewood and fuel in London's region, 1290-1400
- 17. Road Improvement in Thirteenth-century Pisa
- 18. Town and Hinterland in Medieval Scotland
- 19. Building Renaissance Florence: materials, techniques, organization
- 20. Repositioning the Vatican Obelisk
- 21. Urbanization in Early Modern Europe: change or continuity?
- 22. Technology and the Built Environment of the Early Modern City
- 23. A Golden Age: Innovations in Dutch Cities, 1648-1720
- 24. Fire-fighting Technology in Early Modern England
- 25. Technological Innovation in Seventeenth-century Paris
- 26. Rebuilding London after the Great Fire of 1666
- 27. Technological Change in a Traditional Society: the case of the desague in colonial Mexico
- Part 3. Pre-industrial Cities in China and Africa
- 28. Building in The Book of Odes
- 29. Meanings of Walls and Gates
- 30. Water-pipes, Fountains and Clocks
- 31. Tiles, Bricks and Coal
- 32. Guilds and Property Development in Hankou
- 33. Fire Brigades and Ferries in Hankou
- 34. A Description of Hankou in 1850
- 35. Hausa Building Techniques
- 36. Building-types of the Hausa People: characteristics and formative influences
- Part 4. The Sjoberg Model
- 37. The Pre-industrial City
- 38. Some Reflections on the Pre-industrial City
- Acknowledgements
- Index