The city in time and space / Aidan Southall.

Main entry:

Southall, Aidan, 1920-2009.

Title & Author:

The city in time and space / Aidan Southall.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Description:

x, 473 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-449) and index.
Ch. 1. Life of and Influences on the Author Ch. 2. Diary of a Vagabond and the Optimism of the Earlier Works Ch. 3. Loneliness and Travel Ch. 4. Marriage, Family, and Women's Issues Ch. 5. War and Fatalism App. Translations of "My Horizon," "Literature, Travel, Etc.," and "My Work."

Summary:

"This ambitious book treats urbanisation and urbanism all over the world, and from the earliest times to the present. Aidan Southall, a pioneer in the study of African cities, discusses the urban centres of ancient Sumeria, Greece and Rome, as well as medieval European cities, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic and Indic cities, colonial cities, and the great metropolises of the twentieth century. Drawing on this historical and comparative perspective, he offers a fresh analysis of world urbanisation in the contemporary period of globalisation. The study emphasises the enduring paradox of the city, which juxtaposes splendid cultural productions with the poverty and deprivation of the majority."--Publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521462118
9780521462112
0521784328 (pbk.)
9780521784320 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns History.
Villes Histoire.
Cities and towns.
Geschichte
Kulturanthropologie
Metropole
Stadt
Verstädterung
Steden.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220646
Call No.: HT111.S6 1998
Status: Available

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