Great Cities in History(Pevná vazba)

Great Cities in History(Pevná vazba)

From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization.The Great Cities in History tells their stories, starting with the earliest, from Uruk and Memphis to Jerusalem and Alexandria. Next come the fabulous

Cities in Layers (Steele Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Look at some of the world's most famous cities through their history in this clever book with die-cut windows through layers of

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age (Newitz Annalee)(Pevná vazba)

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a

The Great Cities in History (Norwich John Julius)(Paperback)

Today, the majority of people in the world live in cities. The implications and challenges associated with this fact are enormous. But how did we get here?From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, this book explores how great cities have marked the

The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History (Woolf Greg)(Pevná vazba)

Tuscany in the Age of Empire (Brege Brian)(Pevná vazba)

A new history explores how one of Renaissance Italy's leading cities maintained its influence in an era of global exploration, trade, and empire. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was not an imperial power, but it did harbor global ambitions. After abortive attempts at overseas colonization and direct

Great Cities - The Stories Behind the World's most Fascinating Places (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Global Cities: Past, Present and Future (Zhenhua Zhou)(Pevná vazba)

The pivotal nodes in the world city network are global cities---cities of supreme strategic value in global economy and politics, science and technology, culture, and society. Global Cities: Past, Present and Future explores the evolution of global cities---their formation, rise, development and

London: City of Cities (Baker Phil)(Pevná vazba)

City of cities, the modern world's first great metropolis, London has shaped everything from clothing to youth culture. It has a unique place in the world's memory, even as its role has changed from the capital of the planet to its playground, and as its lived history has mutated into the heritage

Medieval Bruges: C. 850-1550 (Brown Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

This 'total' history of one of the most important cities in medieval Europe traces Bruges' astonishing growth and subsequent decline. By placing the city within a wider network of urban and rural development and in a comparative framework, the authors offer new insights into the nature of a

Future Cities: A Visual Guide (Dunn Nick)(Pevná vazba)

What might our cities look like in ten, twenty or fifty years? How may future cities face global challenges? Imagining the city of the future has long been an inspiration for many architects, artists and designers. This book examines how cities of the future have been visualised, what these

Cities - The First 6,000 Years (Smith Monica L.)(Pevná vazba)

A FASCINATING INVESTIGATION INTO THE HISTORY OF CITIES: WHY DID THEY OCCUR, HOW HAVE THEY EVOLVED, WHY DO SO MANY OF US CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THEM AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT

Great Moments in the History of Life (Shaw George H.)(Pevná vazba)

Presents a lucid introduction to the earth history leading up to human historyIntegrates aspects of cosmology, astrophysics and chemistry wth the fossil record in the examination of the evolution of major groups of animals and plantsAs a general introduction to science this book emphasizes the

Great North of Scotland Railway - A New History (Ross David)(Pevná vazba)

Superlux: Smart Light Art, Design & Architecture for Cities (Jackson Davina)(Pevná vazba)

In recent years, new lighting technologies have been used to illuminate cities and towns in creative, energy-efficient ways. 'Smart Light' is now a widely used term for the new technologies and ecological ideas that are transforming nighttime atmospheres and spectacular Smart Light festivals are

Fantastically Great Women Who Made History - Gift Edition (Pankhurst Kate)(Pevná vazba)

What Time Is It? (Berger John)(Pevná vazba)

'Patience, patience, because the great movements of history have always begun in those small parenthesis that we call 'in the meantime.'' --John Berger The last book that John Berger wrote was this precious little volume about time titled What Time Is It?, now posthumously published for the first

Mapping Towns & Cities (Duhig Holly)(Pevná vazba)

Dorset History in 101 Objects (Hearing Terry)(Pevná vazba)

Cities - Then & Now (Lonely Planet Kids)(Pevná vazba)

This fun and colourful lift-the-flap book gives a unique insight into how cities looked in the past, compared to how they look now. With ancient cities and ruins including Pompeii, Great Zimbabwe and Babylon, discover how history has shaped our planet's urban areas and changed them over

The Monocle Guide to Building Better Cities (Monocle)(Pevná vazba)

Ever since its launch in 2007, Monocle has been passionate about improving our cities. Each year it compiles a Quality of Life Survey, which names the top 25 cities to call home, and across the issues it has inter- viewed the most productive mayors, looked at the metropolises putting pedestrians

A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Abortion in Early Modern Italy (Christopoulos John)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive history of abortion in Renaissance Italy.In this authoritative history, John Christopoulos provides a provocative and far-reaching account of abortion in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy. Drawing on portraits of women who terminated--or were forced to terminate--pregnancies,

The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History (Clark Peter)(Paperback)

In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time, and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic