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Bezig met laden... Cities (editie 2007)door John Reader (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An excellent history of cities over the last 2000 years, with a brief look at Greece and Rome before that. Unfortunately my interests liie earlier. ( ) Not as good as "Africa" by the same author, but by approaching cities (undoubtedly the defining cultural innovation of the historical period) from a historical perspective (how were they formed?, where did they arise?, how have they changed over time?) it is a new way to look at how human society actually lives and works. Examples range from the cities of Sumer to 19th Century Berlin, 1960s Stockholm and 2000s developing cities. It shows how they worked and how they didn't and looks at issues ranging from the environmental problems of Sumer to the brutal affects of the Allied blockade on Germany in the First World War, to the problems and triumphs of social housing in Sweden. It also touches on the complexities of feeding and supplying cities (not just with food, but also with manpower; historically cities have only grown by immigration from rural areas and have enjoyed high death rates). Interestingly, to some extent in developed countries and certainly in developing countries, large quantities of a city's food is grown within its boundaries. As cities become ever more dominant on the globe (now housing almost a half of the human population) they clearly deserve a lot of our thought and attention. This book provides some pointers. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
This work is an exploration of the nature of the city from its beginnings to contemporary Cairo, the largest city the world has known. achievements and problems, from fortifications to sewers, factories to markets, theatres and bars.From the ruins of the earliest cities to the 21s t century, the book explores how cities develop and thrive, how they decline and die, how they remake themselves. It investigates their parasitic relationship with the country around them, the webs of trade and immigration they inhabit, how they feed and water themselves and dispose of their wastes. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)307.76Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Communities Specific kinds of communities Urban communitiesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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