This, the first book in the series, explores cities from the earliest earth built settlements to the dawn of the industrial age exploring ancient, Medieval, early modern and renaissance cities. Among the cities examined are Uruk, Babylon, Thebes, Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, Siena, Florence, Antwerp, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hankou Among the technologies discussed are: irrigation, water transport, urban public transport, aqueducts, building materials such as brick and Roman concrete, weaponry and fortifications, street...

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...

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...

The European Cities and Technology Reader is designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying European Cites and Technology textbook in the same series
The European Cities and Technology Reader is divided into three main sections presenting key readings on: Cities of the Industrial Revolution (to 1870), European Cities since 1870 and the Urban Technology Transfer.
Compiled as a reference source for students, this reader offers a deeper understanding of the historical role of technological change in urban development.

This text is designed to be used on its own, or as a companion volume to the accompanying American Cities and Technology Reader. Chronologically, this volume ranges from 1790, when the first US census reported 5 percent of the population living in urban areas, to 1990, when 75 percent of the American population lived in urban areas. Geographically, its focus is the continental USA.

Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecomunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered:
* the rise of the skyscraper
*the coming of the automobile age
* relations between private and public transport
* the development of infrastructural technologies...