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Contents
| xiii | |
| 1 | |
| 21 | |
Chapter 2 Understandins the First Urban Revolution
| 113 |
The Roman and Chinese Empires
| 131 |
Chapter 4 Understanding the Dynamics of Urban Evolution
| 167 |
Islam Out to Conquer the Great and Asian Corridors
| 181 |
Chapter 6 Understanding Topodynamic Inertia
| 229 |
Chapter 10 Understanding the Impact of Motorized Transportation
| 417 |
Chapter 11 The Age of Automobile and the Triumph of the American Corridor
| 441 |
Chapter 12 Understanding Topodynamic Corridors
| 511 |
Chapter 13 Poles and Route
s through History | 521 |
Conclusion The Broad Patterns of History
| 549 |
Bibliography | 563 |
Appendix 1 Tables of Demographic Evolution
| 575 |
Appendix 2 Cities by Types
| 593 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective Book collections on Project MUSE |
| Author | Luc-Normand Tellier |
| Publisher | PUQ, 2009 |
| ISBN | 2760522091, 9782760522091 |
| Length | 629 pages |
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