The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History

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Peter Clark (Professor of European Urban History, Professor of European Urban History, Helsinki University)

The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History

Peter Clark (Professor of European Urban History, Professor of European Urban History, Helsinki University)

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Oxford University Press
19 May 2016

History; General & world history; History: earliest times to present day; Migration, immigration & emigration; Urban communities

Series: Oxford Handbooks

In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time, and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world? And what were the key drivers in the roller-coaster of urban change over the millennia - market forces such as trade and industry, rulers and governments, competition and collaboration between cities, or the urban environment and demographic forces? This pioneering comparative work by leading scholars drawn from a range of disciplines offers the first detailed comparative study of urban development from ancient times to the present day. The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History explores not only the main trends in the growth of cities and towns across the world - in Asia and the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas - and the different types of cities from great metropolitan centres to suburbs, colonial cities, and market towns, but also many of the essential themes in the making and remaking of the urban world: the role of power, economic development, migration, social inequality, environmental challenge and the urban response, religion and representation, cinema, and urban creativity. Split into three parts covering Ancient cities, the medieval and early-modern period, and the modern and contemporary era, it begins with an introduction by the editor identifying the importance and challenges of research on cities in world history, as well as the crucial outlines of urban development since the earliest cities in ancient Mesopotamia to the present.

Edited by: Peter Clark (Professor of European Urban History Professor of European Urban History Helsinki University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 48mm
Weight: 1.530kg
ISBN: 9780198779377
ISBN 10: 0198779372
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 912
Publication Date: 19 May 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Clark was until recently Professor of European Urban History at the University of Helsinki. Educated at Oxford he was the first director (1985) of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester where he remains Visiting Professor. In 1989 he helped found the European Association for Urban History and he has published or edited over 20 books on urban, social, cultural and environmental history. In 2010 he received an honorary degree from Stockholm University.

Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History

`This is no mere handbook, but a most valuable addition to what is proving to be an impressive series.' Jeremy Black, History Today `A must acquisition by any college or university library ... Essential.' J.F.Bauman, CHOICE