| Introduction |
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| Definitions |
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| Conventions and acknowledgements |
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| Part 1 Ancient Cities |
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The emergence of cities: a technological revolution? |
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The emergence of cities: a social revolution? |
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Technology and city-building in Mesopotamia |
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Egypt: a civilization without cities? |
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31 | (11) |
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42 | (6) |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (33) |
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Urbanization in the Aegean region |
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48 | (8) |
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56 | (4) |
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Greek urban planning and morphology |
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60 | (5) |
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Greek technologies and city-building |
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65 | (10) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (3) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (34) |
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The pattern of Roman urbanization |
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81 | (6) |
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Roman urban planning and morphology |
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87 | (4) |
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Technology and Roman city-building |
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91 | (14) |
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Rome: building the metropolis |
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105 | (7) |
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112 | (3) |
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113 | (2) |
| Part 2 Medieval and Early Modern Cities |
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The barbarian invasions and the fate of cities |
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115 | (11) |
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126 | (12) |
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Urban revival of the Latin West |
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138 | (9) |
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The urban stimulus to medieval technology |
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147 | (9) |
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156 | (7) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (3) |
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163 | (23) |
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163 | (1) |
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Building technology in Renaissance Florence |
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164 | (8) |
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Geometrical cities, imaginary and real |
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172 | (7) |
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179 | (7) |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (56) |
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186 | (1) |
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Technological innovation, the built environment and the Early Modern city |
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187 | (21) |
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Three case-studies: Amsterdam, Paris and London |
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208 | (25) |
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233 | (9) |
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235 | (4) |
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239 | (3) |
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242 | (21) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (10) |
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252 | (11) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (1) |
| Part 3 Pre-industrial Cities in China and Africa |
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Five Chinese cities before 1840 |
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263 | (59) |
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263 | (2) |
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Introduction: different kinds of city |
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265 | (4) |
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Chang'an: an administrative city |
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269 | (6) |
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Kaifeng: an industrial centre as capital |
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275 | (5) |
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Hangzhou and the canal cities, c. 1130--1280 |
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280 | (5) |
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Perspectives on an age of conflict, 1250--1368 |
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285 | (5) |
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Beijing brickwork and cosmology, 1368--1644 |
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290 | (9) |
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Conflict, commerce and natural resources |
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299 | (9) |
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Hankou-Beijing comparisons, 1750--1840 |
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308 | (6) |
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314 | (2) |
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316 | (6) |
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320 | (2) |
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The city in pre-colonial Africa |
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322 | (20) |
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322 | (4) |
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Environmental constraints |
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326 | (2) |
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328 | (8) |
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The cities of sub-Saharan Africa |
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336 | (5) |
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341 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
| Conclusion: the Sjoberg model |
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342 | (1) |
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| References |
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343 | (2) |
| Index |
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345 | (11) |
| Acknowledgements |
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