Joshua K. Leon (New York Iona University)

Broschiertes Buch

World Cities in History

Urban Networks from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Dutch Empire

Beschreibung

Leon demonstrates, in vivid detail, how world cities and urban networks have shaped life over 6,000 years. Asking what it has meant for ordinary people to live in cities transformed by global forces, he offers a fresh, accessible reading of urban history in a compelling theoretical contribution to the field.

Autor

Joshua K. Leon is an associate professor of Political Science at Iona University and was the 2022-23 Robert David Lion Gardiner Fellow at New-York Historical Society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781009444996
• ISBN-10: 1009444999
• Artikelnr.: 71848605