The Pre-industrial Urban System

France 1740-1840

AvBernard Lepetit,Peter Clark

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Del 2 i serien Themes in International Urban History

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This is a landmark publication in the urban study of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries which appears here for the first time in English. Highly acclaimed in the original French edition, it provides a synoptic view of the evolution of the French urban system before the Industrial Revolution by examining not only the major cities but the wider urban hierarchy. The innovations of this study lie in Lepetit's methodology: his use of models of urban interaction and the unravelling of the complex spatial dimensions to urbanization. He also sets up a detailed analysis of French urbanization and regionalism, and the different aspects of urban society: finance, building, trade, images and innovation. Lepetit's ideas will be of major interest to scholars of urbanization and the industrial revolution in Europe.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-12-14
Mått:152 x 228 x 30 mm
Vikt:751 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Themes in International Urban History
Antal sidor:504
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521035057
Översättare:Godfrey Rogers

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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"Bernard Lepetit, co-editor of the Annales, has brought to the study of urban history the complex, subtle, and multifaceted approach characteristic of that great journal. This is a major work in urban history that will be difficult for undergraduates but required reading for graduate students in many fields that share an interest in the history of urban networks. I expect its methodological innovations will be emulated in other applications..." Journal of Economic History

Innehållsförteckning

List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The urbanisation of France; 2. Urban images; 3. The town, the economy, the territory; 4. An essay in urban typology; 5. Hierarchical gradations; 6. The new geography of power; 7. The France of the chefs-lieux; 8. Towns and roads; 9. Urban systems: from frameworks to networks; 10. Back to representations; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.