Urban Life in the Distant Past

by Michael 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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009249045
• ISBN13: 9781009249041
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.1"