Urbanism in the preindustrial world : cross-cultural approaches / edited by Glenn R. Storey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Storey, Glenn Reed, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--History--Congresses.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization--History--Congresses.

Urbanization.

Rural-urban migration--History--Congresses.

Rural-urban migration.

Population--History--Congresses.

Population.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 aggl

Contents:

The growth of Greek cities in the first millennium BC / Ian Morris

Did the population of imperial Rome reproduce itself? / Elio Lo Cascio

Epidemics, age at death, and mortality in ancient Rome / Richard R. Paine and Glenn R. Storey

Seasonal mortality in imperial Rome and the Mediterranean : three problem cases / Brent D. Shaw

Population relationships in and around medieval Danish towns / Hans Christian Petersen, Jesper L. Boldsen, and Richard R. Paine

Colonial and postcolonial New York : issues of size, scale, and structure / Nan A. Rothschild

An urban population from Roman Upper Egypt / Roger S. Bagnall

Precolonial African cities : size and density / Chapurukha Kusimba, Sibel Barut Kusimba, and Babatunde Agbaje-Williams

Urbanization in China : Erlitou and its hinterland / Li Liu

Population growth and change in the ancient city of Kyongju / Sarah M. Nelson

Population dynamics and urbanism in premodern island Southeast Asia / Laura Lee Junker

Identifying Tiwanaku urban populations : style, identity, and ceremony in Andean cities / John Wayne Janusek and Deborah E. Blom

Late classic Maya population : characteristics and implications / Don S. Rice

Mortality through time in an impoverished residence of the Precolumbian city of Teotihuacan : a paleodemographic view / Rebecca Storey

The evolution of regional demography and settlement in the prehispanic Basin of Mexico / L.J. Gorenflo

Factoring the countryside into urban populations / David B. Small

Shining stars and black holes : population and preindustrial cities / Deborah L. Nichols.

Notes:

"Originated as an Archaeology Division session for the 95th Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Philadelphia, December 1998"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-408) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8097-3

OCLC:

183298135