{"product_id":"european-cities-and-technology-paperback-softback","title":"European Cities and Technology - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCities \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/em\u003e, a series of three textbooks and three readers, explores one of the most fundamental changes in the history of human society: the transition from predominantly rural to urban ways of living. This series presents a new social history of technology, using primarily urban settings as a source of historical evidence anda focus for the interpretation of the historical relations of technology and society.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on perspectives and writings from accross a number of disciplines involved in urban historical studies - including archaeology, urban history, historical geography and architectural history - the books in the series explore: how towns and cities have been shaped by applications of a range of technologies and how such technological applications have been influenced by their social contexts, including politics, economics, culture and the natural environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEuropean Cities and Technology\u003c\/em\u003e is designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the accompanying \u003cem\u003eEuropean Cities and Technology Reader\u003c\/em\u003e in the same series. The book is divided into three principal sections: cities of the Industrial Revolution including case studies of Manchester, Glasgow, London and Paris; European cities since 1870, including London, Paris Berlin, the rise of modern urban planning and post-war reconstruction; and a variety of topics including Milton Keynes, Colonial India and Russia. It investigates the relative importance of technology, economics, politics and social conditions in relation to urban change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546840359150,"sku":"9780415200806","price":30.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/european-cities-and-technology-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}