The Evolution of the Ancient City - Urban Theory and the Archaeology of the Fertile Crescent

Informationen zum Autor Alexander R. Thomas is associate professor of sociology at SUNY College at Oneonta and the coauthor of Critical Rural Theory (2011), also available from Lexington Books. Klappentext The Evolution of the Ancient City is an interdisciplinary look at how cities developed from Hunter-Gatherer societies to centers of vast empires in the Fertile Crescent between 21,500 BCE and 1,200 BCE. The reader is guided through each stage of social evolution and its consequences for our understanding of modern cities. As a result, urban theory must adapt to this long-range view of the city. Zusammenfassung The Evolution of the Ancient City is an interdisciplinary look at how cities developed from Hunter-Gatherer societies to centers of vast empires in the Fertile Crescent between 21!500 BCE and 1!200 BCE. The reader is guided through each stage of social evolution and its consequences for our understanding of modern cities. As a result! urban theory must adapt to this long-range view of the city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Social Science and the CityChapter 2: Parameters of Social EvolutionChapter 3: Evolution and the CityChapter 4: The ChangeChapter 5: Rural VillagesChapter 6: Rise of the CityChapter 7: The Dawn of HistoryChapter 8: The City in the WorldChapter 9: Rethinking the City

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Thomas, Alexander R. Thomas, Thomas Alexander R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2010
• EAN: 9780739138694
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3869-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Comparative Urban Studies; Comparative Urban Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Urban communities, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory