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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Tellier, Luc-Normand. Urban World History : An Economic and Geographical Perspective. Cham : Springer, ©2019 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Luc-Normand Tellier |
| ISBN: | 9783030248420 3030248429 |
| OCLC Number: | 1120721535 |
| Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents: | Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Maps; 1 Introduction; References; 2 From the Beginnings of Agriculture and Urbanization to the First Urbexplosions; Abstract; The Origins and Beginning of Humankind; The Beginnings of Agriculture; Agriculture and Topodynamic Corridors; Agriculture, Mobility, and Urbanization; Emergence of Urbanization in the Great Corridor; Appearance of Pre-urban Cities; Appearance of Urban Cities in the Sumer Region; Appearance of Urbanization in Egypt; The Strategic Role of the Phoenician Cities; The Strategic Role of the Persian Gulf The Babylonian UrbexplosionThe Assyrians and the Tigris Axis; The Expansion of the Babylonian Urbexplosion; The Greek Challenge; Urbanization in the Asian Corridor; The Indus Valley; The Appearance of Urbanization on the Loess Plateau of China; The Mongolo-American Corridor and the Three Pivots of Eurasian History; The Semitic Bible and the Indo-European Vedas; The Emergence of Urbanization in America; Agriculture and Pre-Columbian Pottery; Urbanization in the Northern Pre-Columbian Corridor; Urbanization in the Southern Pre-Columbian Corridor; References 3 Understanding the First Urban RevolutionAbstract; The First Urban Revolution and Networks' Critical Points; The First Urban Revolution and Breaking Points; The "Interface" Case; The "Transshipment" Case; The First Urban Revolution and Central Places; The First Urban Revolution and Network Systems; The First Urban Revolution and Agglomeration Economies; References; 4 The Two First Economy-Worlds: The Roman and Chinese Empires; Abstract; The Emergence of the Roman Economy-World; The Rise of Rome; The Forming of the Roman Empire; The Consolidation of the Roman Empire The Triumph of Christianity and the Decline of the Western Roman EmpireThe Fall of the Western Roman Empire; The Emergence of the Chinese Economy-World; From the Loess Plateau to the Great Plain of China; The Cities of the Great Plain of China; The Cities of the Red Basin; The Greatness of the Chinese Economy-World; References; 5 Understanding the Urban Evolution Dynamics; Abstract; Topodynamic Evolution and Spatial Competition; Topodynamic Evolution and Management of Municipal Services; Topodynamic Evolution and Multiplier Effects; Topodynamic Evolution and Repulsive Forces Repulsive Forces and the Aging of Urban StructuresRepulsive Forces and Polarization; Repulsive Forces and Geography; References; 6 The Great Ebb: Islam Out to Conquer the Great and the Asian Corridors; Abstract; From the Fall of Rome to the Advent of Islam; The Rise of Islam; The Baghdad Urbexplosion; The Moorish Outpost; South of the Sahara; The Eastern Outposts; Islam Re-launched by the Turko-Mongol Invasions; The Non-military Progression of Islam in the Asian Corridor; The Great Ebb in Southeast Asia and the Far East; References; 7 Understanding Topodynamic Inertia; Abstract |
| Responsibility: | Luc-Normand Tellier. |
Abstract:
This book seeks to deepen readers understanding of world history by investigating urbanization and the evolution of urban systems, as well as the urban world, from the perspective of historical analysis. The theoretical framework of the approach stems directly from space-economy, and, more generally, from location theory and the theory of urban systems. The author explores a certain logic to be found in world history, and argues that this logic is spatial (in terms of spatial inertia, spatial trends, attractive and repulsive forces, vector fields, etc.) rather than geographical (in terms of climate, precipitation, hydrography). Accordingly, the book puts forward a truly original vision of urban world history, one that will benefit economists, historians, regional scientists, and anyone with a healthy curiosity.
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