The Oxford handbook of cities in world history

摘要: In 2008 for the first time majority of planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one mankind's greatest collective achievements over time, raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve interact past? have historic patterns impacted on those contemporary world? And what were key drivers roller-coaster change millennia - market forces such as trade industry, rulers governments, competition collaboration between cities, or environment demographic forces? This pioneering comparative work by leading scholars drawn from a range disciplines offers detailed study development ancient times to present day. The Oxford Handbook Cities World History explores not only main trends growth towns across world Asia Middle East, Europe, Africa, Americas different types great metropolitan centres suburbs, colonial towns, but also essential themes making remaking world: role power, economic development, migration, social inequality, environmental challenge response, religion representation, cinema, creativity. Split into three parts covering Ancient medieval early-modern period, modern era, it begins with an introduction editor identifying importance challenges research history, well crucial outlines since earliest Mesopotamia present. Contributors this volume Carl Abbott, Portland State University Oregon Mohammad al-Asad, Center Study Built Environment (CSBE) Amman, Jordan J. A. Baird, Birkbeck College, London Wim Blockmans history professor at Rotterdam Leiden Universities, Rector Netherlands Institute Advanced Bruno Blonde, Antwerp Leonard Blusse, Marc Boone, Ghent university Maarten Bosker, Erasmus Ebru Boyar, East Technical University, Ankara Eltjo Buringh, Utrecht Peter Burke, Emmanuel Cambridge Xiangming Chen, Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut Fudan Shanghai, China Clark, Emeritus Professor, Helsinki Visiting Leicester Penelope Corfield, Royal Holloway, Howard Dick, Melbourne Newcastle (NSW) Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Notre Dame Henry Fitts graduated 2012 Bill Freund, KwaZulu-Natal Alan Gilbert, Marjolein 't Hart, Amsterdam Carola Hein, Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Marjatta Hietala, formerly Tampere Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins Jussi S. Jauhiainen, Turku Tartu Prashant Kidambi, Ray Laurence, Kent Canterbury Andrew Lees, New Jersey Lynn Hollen Luuk de Ligt, Mario Liverani, Rome, La Sapienza Leo Lucassen, David Mattingly, Kevin McDonald, UCL Archaeology James L. McClain, Brown Augusta McMahon, Martin V. Melosi, Houston, Texas Thomas R. Metcalf, California, Berkeley Robin Osborne, Cameron Petrie, Rimmer, Australian National William T. Rowe, Hannu Salmi, Kristin Stapleton, Buffalo, York Nancy Steinhardt, Stone studies archaeology North Africa Dominique Valerian, Universite Lumiere-Lyon Ilja Van Damme, Centre Urban Jan Luiten Zanden, Mercedes Volait, Institut national d'histoire l'art, Paris Paul Waley, Leeds Wallace-Hadrill, Sidney Sussex Hilde Weerdt, Pembroke Anne Winter, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Shaohua Zhan,