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OverviewEurope became a land of cities during the last millennium. The story told in this book begins with North Sea and Mediterranean traders sailing away from Dorestad and Amalfi, and with warrior kings building castles to fortify their conquests. It tells of the dynamism of textile towns in Flanders and Ireland. While London and Hamburg flourished by reaching out to the world and once vibrant Spanish cities slid into somnolence, a Russian urban network slowly grew to rival that of the West. Later, as the tide of industrialization swept over Europe, the most intense urban striving settled back into the merchant cities and baroque capitals of an earlier era. By tracing the large-scale processes of social, economic, and political change within cities, as well as the evolving relationships between town and country and between city and city, the authors present an original synthesis of European urbanization within a global context. They divide their study into three time periods, making the early modern era much more than a mere transition from preindustrial to industrial economies. Through both general analyses and incisive case studies, Paul M. Hohenberg and Lynn Hollen Lees show how cities originated and what conditioned their early development and later growth. How did urban activity respond to demographic and technological changes? Did the social consequences of urban life begin degradation or inspire integration and cultural renewal? New analytical tools suggested by a systems view of urban relations yield a vivid dual picture of cities both as elements in a regional and national hierarchy of central places and also as junctions in a transnational network for the exchange of goods, information, and influence. A lucid text is supplemented by numerous maps, illustrations, figures, and tables, and by a substantial bibliography. Both a general and a scholarly audience will find this book engrossing reading. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul M. Hohenberg , Lynn Hollen LeesPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9780674543621ISBN 10: 0674543629 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 25 November 1995 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA readable and ambitious introduction to the long history of European urbanization. * Economic History Review * A marvelously compendious account of a millennium of urban development, which accomplishes that most difficult of assignments, to design a work that will safely introduce the newcomer to the subject and at the same time stimulate professional colleagues to review positions. * Urban Studies * A trailblazing history of the transformation of Europe. * John Barkham Reviews * A readable and ambitious introduction to the long history of European urbanization. Economic History Review A trailblazing history of the transformation of Europe. John Barkham Reviews A marvelously compendious account of a millennium of urban development, which accomplishes that most difficult of assignments, to design a work that will safely introduce the newcomer to the subject and at the same time stimulate professional colleagues to review positions. Urban Studies A readable and ambitious introduction to the long history of European urbanization. Author InformationPaul M. Hohenberg is Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Lynn Hollen Lees is Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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