Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology: Cities and Technology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415200768 ISBN 13: 9780415200769

Verlag: Routledge, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

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 lighting and public clocks.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Colin Chant is a lecturer in History of Science and Technology and David Goodman is Head of the Department of History of Science and Technology, both at the Open University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415200768
• ISBN 13: 9780415200769
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354
• Herausgeber: Chant Colin, Goodman David C.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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