TY - BOOK ID - 25270650 TI - The city in time and space PY - 1998 SN - 0521784328 0521462118 9780521784320 9780521462112 9780511621871 0511621876 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Social change KW - Sociology of environment KW - Social geography KW - Ethnology. Cultural anthropology KW - Economic geography KW - Cities and towns KW - -Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - History KW - History. KW - Urbanization KW - Villes KW - Urbanisation KW - Histoire KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25270650 AB - This ambitious book treats urbanisation and urbanism all over the world, and from the earliest times to the present. Aidan Southall, a pioneer in the study of African cities, discusses the urban centres of ancient Sumeria, Greece and Rome, as well as medieval European cities, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic and Indic cities, colonial cities, and the great metropolises of the twentieth century. Drawing on this historical and comparative perspective, he offers a fresh analysis of world urbanisation in the contemporary period of globalisation. The study emphasises the enduring paradox of the city, which juxtaposes splendid cultural productions with the poverty and deprivation of the majority. ER -