The Growth of Non-Western Cities Primary and Secondary Urban Networking, C. 900-1900 |
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| Editor:
| Hall, Kenneth R. |
| Contribution by:
| Agnew, Christopher
Chiang, Michael H.
Clark, Hugh
Gilbert, Marc Jason
Lambourn, Elizabeth
Mentzel, Peter
Morillo, Stephen
Park, Hyunhee
Spaulding, Jay
Toxqui, Aurea
Whitmore, John K. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-4999-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $64.95 |
Book Description:
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These interdisciplinary studies address pre-1900 non-Western urban growth in the African Sudan, Mexico, the Ottoman Middle East, and South, Southeast, and East Asia. Therein, primary and secondary cities served as functional societal agents that were viable and potentially powerful alternatives to the diversity of kinship-based local or regional networks, the societal delegated spaces in which local and external agencies met and interacted in a wide variety of political, economic,...
More DescriptionThese interdisciplinary studies address pre-1900 non-Western urban growth in the African Sudan, Mexico, the Ottoman Middle East, and South, Southeast, and East Asia. Therein, primary and secondary cities served as functional societal agents that were viable and potentially powerful alternatives to the diversity of kinship-based local or regional networks, the societal delegated spaces in which local and external agencies met and interacted in a wide variety of political, economic, spiritual, and military forms.