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001 2012277273
003 DLC
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008 130419s2013 xxkab 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012277273
020 $a9780199589531
020 $a0199589534
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHT111$b.O94 2013
245 04 $aThe Oxford handbook of cities in world history /$cedited by Peter Clark.
246 30 $aCities in world history
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2013.
300 $axxix, 882 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
520 8 $a"In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world? And what were the key drivers in the roller-coaster of urban change over the millennia - market forces such as trade and industry? Rulers and governments? Competition and collaboration between cities? Or the urban environment and demographic forces? This pioneering comparative work by fifty leading scholars drawn from a range of disciplines offers the first detailed comparative study of urban development from ancient times to the present day. The Handbook explores not only the main trends in the growth of cities and towns across the world but also many of the essential themes in the making and remaking of the urban world."--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aCities and towns$xHistory.
650 0 $aCity and town life$xHistory.
650 0 $aUrbanization$xHistory.
700 1 $aClark, Peter,$d1944-
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1402/2012277273-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1402/2012277273-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1402/2012277273-t.html