When and how were cities born? Does urbanization foster innovation and economic development? What was the level of urbanization in traditional societies? Did the Industrial Revolution facilitate urbanization? Has the growth of cities in the Third World been a handicap or an asset to economic development? In this revised translation of "De Jericho a Mexico," Paul Bairoch seeks the answers to these questions and provides a comprehensive study of the evolution of the city and its relation to economic life. Bairoch examines the development of cities from the dawn of urbanization (Jericho) to...
When and how were cities born? Does urbanization foster innovation and economic development? What was the level of urbanization in traditional societi...
First published in 1967, Professor Bairochs Diagnostic de LEvolution Economique du Tiers-Monde has gone into four editions, and has brought the author an international reputation. This English translation is, in effect, another edition based on the latest French text but incorporating much which is not to be found there. The statistical tables have been revised and expanded wherever possible to include figures up to the end of 1972; the bibliography has been specially adapted to include the literature on the subject in the English language; and two new chapters have been...
First published in 1967, Professor Bairochs Diagnostic de LEvolution Economique du Tiers-Monde has gone into four editions, and has brought the aut...
