{"product_id":"9780817380977","title":"Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-Cultural Approaches","description":"\u003cb\u003eA baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently conceive and execute their research on the population of cities. The subject cities are in Greece, Mesoamerica, the Andes, Italy, Egypt, Africa, United States, Denmark, and China. This broad sample provides a useful framework for answers to such questions as “Why did people agglomerate into cities?” and “What population size and what age of endurance constitute a city?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The study covers more than population magnitude and population makeup, the two major frameworks of urban demography. The contributors combine their archaeological and historical expertise to reveal commonalities, as well as theoretical extrapolations and methodological approaches, at work here and outside the sample.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUrbanism in the Preindustrial World\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique study revealing the variety of factors involved in the coalescing and dispersal of populations in preindustrial times.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124010533104,"sku":"9780817380977","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780817380977_p0.jpg?v=1763749844","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780817380977","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}