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OverviewAmerican Cities and Technology is designed to be used on its own, or as a companion volume to the accompanying American Cities and Technology Reader . Chronologically, this volume ranges from 1790, when the first US census reported 5 per cent of the population living in urban areas, to 1990, when 75 per cent of the American population lived in urban areas. Geographically, its focus is the continental USA. However, the context for the study of modern electronic communications in relation to cities transcends national boundaries just as the technologies themselves do; consequently the contents of the last two chapters in the volume range more widely around the globe. Among the issues discussed are the rise of the skyscraper, the coming of the automobile age, relations between private and public transport, the development of infrastructural technologies and systems, the implications of electronic communications and the emergence of city planning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerrylynn K. Roberts , Philip SteadmanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: bk. 3 Weight: 1.179kg ISBN: 9780415200837ISBN 10: 0415200830 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 24 June 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Growth of American Cities 2. Transport and the Nineteenth-century city 3. Transport in the Twentieth -century city - Automobility 4. Building types: construction and materials 5. Water supply, sewage, drainage and sanitation 6. Heat, light and fire protection 7. Travel and telecommunication in the late twentieth century city 8. Telecommunication and twentieth century citiesReviewsAuthor InformationGerrylynn K. Roberts is a lecturer in the Department of History of Science and Technology, and Philip Steadman is a lecturer in the Department of Architectural and Urban Morphology at the Open University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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