European Cities and Technology : Industrial to Post-Industrial Cities

ISBN-13: 9780415200790 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 363 str.

Colin Chant; David Goodman

Opis

This volume covers cities of the industrial revolution to 1870, European cities since 1870 and urban technology transfer. Among the cites and themes covered are: the onset of industrialization; Manchester and Glasgow; London and Paris; the rise of modern urban planning; Berlin; building and government sponsorship; Milton Keynes; cities in Russia; and cities in colonial India. The text is designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying European Cities and Technology Reader in the same series. It investigates the relative importance of technology, economics, politics and social conditions in relation to urban change.

Recenzje

"Excellent in-depth studies....staggering inter-disciplinary scope" Phil Hubbard, Loughborough University

O autorze

David Goodman and Colin Chant are both lecturers in the department of History of Science and Technology at the Open University.