Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Globalizations and the ancient world Globalizations and the ancient world Justin Jennings "In this book, Justin Jennings argues that globalization is not just a phenomenon limited to modern times. Instead he contends that the globalization of today is just the latest in a series of global… OL15538206W
Smart Cities Smart Cities Anthony M. Townsend From Goodreads: "An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, where mobile broadban… OL17366813W
A Street Through Time A Street Through Time Anne Millard Traces the development of one street from the Stone Age to the present day, from dirt track to the rebuilding of inns as wine bars, showing how people lived and what they did all day. OL1804499W
Tales of two cities Tales of two cities Jonathan Conlin "Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750-1914, when they vied to be the world's greatest city. Each city has been the focus of many books, yet … OL19705680W
Built on bones Built on bones Brenna Hassett The city has killed most of your ancestors, and it's probably killing you, too - this book tells you why. OL20055786W
Barmi Barmi Pilar Comes,Xavier Hernàndez Describes the development of a Mediterranean city from pre-Roman times to the present day. OL4454697W
Lebek Lebek Jordi Ballonga,Xavier Hernande,Xavier Hernàndez Describes the development of a fictional city in Northern Europe through the ages. OL4454699W
The Seduction of Place The Seduction of Place Joseph Rykwert "No other place on earth is as full both of promise and of dread as the city; it is at once alienating and exciting. These concentrations of people have not, however, come about as the result of vast… OL526089W
New Providence New Providence Renata Von Tscharner Text and illustrations trace the evolution of an imaginary but typical American city from the turn of the century to the 1980's. OL5280426W
The city The city Kathryn Hinds Describes the social and economic structure of city life during the Renaissance, from about 1400 to 1600, explaining how cities varied in government, commerce, population, and culture, and how they i… OL548423W
European cities and towns European cities and towns Peter Clark "This study of European cities and towns from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day looks both at regional trends from across Europe and also at the widely differing fortunes of individual … OL5908700W
Nineteenth-century cities Nineteenth-century cities Yale Conference on the Nineteenth-Century Industrial City New Haven 1968.,Richard Sennett,Stephen Thernstrom,Stephan Thernstrom Research on the frontiers of urban studies was the subject of a conference on nineteenth-century cities held in November 1968 at Yale University. These papers from the conference attempt to define wh… OL7212453W