Twentieth-Century Urbanization - In Search of an Urban Paradigm for an Urban World

Seeking a paradigm to understand the full impact of twentieth-century urbanization, Howard Spodek takes an historical look at the concept of cites, as they first developed from nomadic to village existence about 15,000 years ago, to the establishment of the first major cities about 5,000 years ago, and to urban industrialiaztion that took place about 200 years ago

About the author

Howard Spodek is the author of The World's History (2010), co-editor (with Doris Srinivasan) of Urban Form and Meaning in South Asia (1993), and producer and writer of the documentary film Ahmedabad: The Life of a City in India (1983).

Product details

• Authors: Howard Spodek
• Publisher: American Historical Association
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9780872291737
• ISBN: 978-0-87229-173-7
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 132 g
• Series: Essays on Global and Comparati; Essays on Global and Comparati
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories