The Pre-Industrial Cities And Technology Reader

edited by Colin Chant

ISBN 10: 0415200784 / ISBN 13: 9780415200783

Published by London ; Routledge in association with The Open University, c1999., 1999

About this Item

ISBN 0415200784. Trade Paperback. Later Printing. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs and creases to edges and corners of covers, some lower page corners slightl dogeared.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pre-Industrial Cities And Technology Reader
• Publisher: London ; Routledge in association with The Open University, c1999.
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415200784
• ISBN 13: 9780415200783
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Later Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Signed: No Signature
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technology

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Synopsis

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 on: Ancient Cities, Medieval and Early Modern Cities, and Pre-Industrial Cities in China and Africa. Among the technologies discussed are: agricaultural innovations such as the heavy plough, water transport, the medieval road revolution, the first urban public transport, aqueducts, building materials such as brick and Roman concrete, weaponry and fortifications, water clocks, street lighting, and fire-fighting. Among the cities covered are: Uruk, Babylon, Thebes, Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, Siena, Florence, Antwerp, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hankou.

About the Author

Colin Chant