Urban Life in the Distant Past: The Prehistory of Energized Crowding

by Michael E. Smith

In this book, Michael Smith offers a comparative and interdisciplinary examination of ancient settlements and cities. Early cities varied considerably in their political and economic organization and dynamics. Smith here introduces a coherent approach to urbanism that is transdisciplinary in scope, scientific in epistemology, and anchored in the urban literature of the social sciences. His new insight is 'energized crowding,' a concept that captures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009249002
• ISBN13: 9781009249003
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"