City and Country - The Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems

Informationen zum Autor Alexander R. Thomas is professor of sociology at SUNY Oneonta. Gregory M. Fulkerson is professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at SUNY Oneonta. Klappentext City and Country traces the evolution of urban-rural systems 7,000 years ago into the modern global order and argues that at the heart of the logic of capitalism is an even deeper logic: urbanization is based on urban dependency. Zusammenfassung City and Country traces the evolution of urban-rural systems 7,000 years ago into the modern global order and argues that at the heart of the logic of capitalism is an even deeper logic: urbanization is based on urban dependency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The Environmental Demography of Urban-Rural Systems Chapter 1: Environmental Demography and Urban-Rural Systems Chapter 2: Classical Urban-Rural Theory Chapter 3: Contemporary Urban-Rural Theory Part II: From the Near East to the Northeast Chapter 4: In the Beginning Chapter 5: Emerging Urban-Rural Systems Chapter 6: History Begins Chapter 7: Collapse or Continuity? Chapter 8: Dynamics Culminating Chapter 9: World System Part III: New York's Urban-Rural System Chapter 10: Fur Chapter 11: Growing the City Chapter 12: Change amid Growth Chapter 13: New York and the World-System Chapter 14: Urban-Rural Dynamics Revisited

Product details

• Authors: Gregory M. Fulkerson, Fulkerson Gregory M., Alexander R. Thomas, Alexander R. Fulkerson Thomas, Thomas Alexander R.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793644343
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-434-3
• No. of pages: 490
• Series: Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics; Studies in Urban–Rural Dynamics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Archaeology, Urban communities