Urban World History
An Economic and Geographical Perspective
Authors: Tellier, Luc-Normand
Free Preview- Presents a very original vision of urban world history
- Traces a spatial logic in world history
- Contributes to the debate about the respective impacts of geography and culture on the world history evolution
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- About this book
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This book seeks to deepen readers’ understanding of world history by investigating urbanization and the evolution of urban systems, as well as the urban world, from the perspective of historical analysis. The theoretical framework of the approach stems directly from space-economy, and, more generally, from location theory and the theory of urban systems.
The author explores a certain logic to be found in world history, and argues that this logic is spatial (in terms of spatial inertia, spatial trends, attractive and repulsive forces, vector fields, etc.) rather than geographical (in terms of climate, precipitation, hydrography). Accordingly, the book puts forward a truly original vision of urban world history, one that will benefit economists, historians, regional scientists, and anyone with a healthy curiosity. - About the authors
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Luc-Normand Tellier obtained a Ph.D. in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973. He founded the Department of Urban Studies and Tourism of the University of Quebec at Montreal in 1976. He is the author of numerous books in regional science, as well as in French and Canadian history, and he has published in international journals such as the Journal of Regional Science, Regional Science Policy and Practice, Geographical Analysis, and Environment and Planning A. He received the title of Professor Emeritus in 2012.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-13
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From the Beginnings of Agriculture and Urbanization to the First Urbexplosions
Pages 15-80
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Understanding the First Urban Revolution
Pages 81-93
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The Two First Economy-Worlds: The Roman and Chinese Empires
Pages 95-119
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Understanding the Urban Evolution Dynamics
Pages 121-129
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Urban World History
- Book Subtitle
- An Economic and Geographical Perspective
- Authors
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- Luc-Normand Tellier
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-24842-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-24842-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-24841-3
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 463
- Number of Illustrations
- 53 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
- Topics
