Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy

by Anthony D. King

Book Overview

Recent years have witnessed a surge in public awareness concerning the impact of world economic forces on cities. In this challenging book, the author argues that though the consciousness is new the phenomena themselves are not. For the past two centuries at least, world economic, political and cultural forces have been major factors shaping cities, patterns of urbanization and the physical and spatial forms of the built environment.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138885347
• ISBN13: 9781138885349
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"