The Making of Urban Europe, 1000-1994: With a New Preface and a New Chapter

by Paul M. Hohenberg, Lynn Hollen Lees, Lynn Hollen. Lees

Book Overview

Europe became a land of cities during the last millennium. The story told in this book begins with North Sea and Mediterranean traders sailing away from Dorestad and Amalfi, and with warrior kings building castles to fortify their conquests. It tells of the dynamism of textile towns in Flanders and Ireland. While London and Hamburg flourished by reaching out to the world and once vibrant Spanish cities slid into somnolence, a Russian urban network...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674543629
• ISBN13: 9780674543621
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.2"