Cities and Markets: Studies in the Organization of Human Space
Cameron, Rondo; Schnore, Leo
ISBN 10: 0761805230 ISBN 13: 9780761805236
Published by University Press Of America, 1997
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During the past two and a half centuries, social systems based upon the hierarchical organization of transactions among a relatively few metropolitan centers sprinkled throughout a predominantly rural population have given way to urbanization. Since the early nineteenth century, systems with 40, 60, or 80 percent of their populations residing in cities have proliferated. The singularity of this growth and redistribution of human numbers since the 1700s reflects a massive and sustained growth in the production and adaptation of inanimate energy and the productivity of economic resources. Cities and Markets deals with historical aspects of this modern industrial-urban experience. In this collection, interdisciplinary experts from a variety of fields examine the industrial-urbanization process of the last two and a half centuries from several points of view, highlighting the uniqueness of the period and the process.
About the Author: Rondo Cameron is William Rand Kenan University Professor Emeritus at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Leo Schnore is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin.
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Title: Cities and Markets: Studies in the ...
Publisher: University Press Of America
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: paperback
Condition: Near Fine