European Cities and Technology : Industrial to Post-Industrial Cities

ISBN-13: 9780415200806 / Angielski / Miękka / 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 cities 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
* cities in Colonial India
This 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

Spis treści

Part 1: Cities of the Industrial Revolution (to 1870) 1. The onset of Industrialisation 2. Britain's Industrial North: Two Urban Case Studies: Manchester and Glasgow 3. Two Capitals: London and Paris Part 2: European Cities since 1870 4. The Second Industrial Revolution and the rise of modern urban planning 5. London and Paris 6. A short history of everyday Berlin 1871-1989 7. Reconstruction: new ways of building and government sponsorship 8. Case study of Milton Keynes Part 3: Urban Technology Transfer 9. Cities in Russia 10. Colonial India

O autorze

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