Urban Life in the Distant Past: The Prehistory of Energized Crowding

ISBN-13: 9781009249041 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 350 str.

Michael (Arizona State University) Smith

Opis

The book describes a novel approach to early cities that is transdisciplinary, scientific, historical, and based on social-science knowledge.

Spis treści

1. Premodern cities and the wide urban world; 2. The prehistory of energized crowding; 3. The size of cities and settlements; 4. States, cities, and power; 5. Markets, crafts, and urban life; 6. Top-down insitutions and the scale of urban life; 7. Generative forces and urban life; 8. The value of premodern cities today.