The city : a world history / Andrew Lees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lees, Andrew, 1940- author.

Series:

New Oxford world history.

New Oxford World History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--History.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--Growth--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 India, as well as Egypt and areas that bordered the Mediterranean Sea. Athens, Alexandria, and Rome stand out both politically and culturally. With the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, European cities entered into a long period of waning and deterioration. But elsewhere, great cities-among them

Contents:

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

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-026742-9

0-19-985953-1

OCLC:

916951621