Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-Cultural Approaches
edited by Glenn R. Storey contributions by L. J. Gorenflo, Babatunde Agbaje Williams, Laura Lee Junker, Chapurukha Kusimba, Sibel Barut Kusimba, Ian Morris, Deborah L. Nichols, Hans Christian Petersen, Richard R. Paine, Don S. Rice, Rebecca Storey, Nan A. Rothschild, Brent D. Shaw, David B. Small, John Wayne Janusek, Li Liu, Sarah M. Nelson, Glenn R. Storey, Roger S. Bagnall, Deborah E. Blom, Jesper L. Boldsen and Elio Lo Cascio
University of Alabama Press, 2006 eISBN: 978-0-8173-8097-7 | Cloth: 978-0-8173-1476-7 | Paper: 978-0-8173-5246-2 Library of Congress Classification HT111.U75 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 307.76
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.
This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently conceive and execute their research on the population of cities. The subject cities are in Greece, Mesoamerica, the Andes, Italy, Egypt, Africa, United States, Denmark, and China. This broad sample provides a useful framework for answers to such questions as “Why did people agglomerate into cities?” and “What population size and what age of endurance constitute a city?”
The study covers more than population magnitude and population makeup, the two major frameworks of urban demography. The contributors combine their archaeological and historical expertise to reveal commonalities, as well as theoretical extrapolations and methodological approaches, at work here and outside the sample.
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World is a unique study revealing the variety of factors involved in the coalescing and dispersal of populations in preindustrial times.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Glenn R. Storey, University of Iowa, is a Roman archaeologist jointly appointed in Classics and Anthropology and specializing in Roman demography, economy, and urbanization.
REVIEWS
“An excellent collection of complementary perspectives on population and the character of cities in different parts of the world and at different periods. The refreshing aspect of this volume is that the authors represent a wide range of theoretical as well as methodological approaches.”--Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glenn R. Storey Introduction: Urban Demography of the Past
THE WESTERN URBAN TRADITION
Ian Morris The Growth of Greek Cities in the First Millennium BC
Elio Lo Cascio Did the Population of Imperial Rome Reproduce Itself?
Richard R. Paine and Glenn R. Storey Epidemics, Age at Death, and Mortality in Ancient Rome
Brent D. Shaw Seasonal Mortality in Imperial Rome and the Mediterranean: Three Problem Cases
Hans Christian Petersen, Jesper L. Boldsen, and Richard R. Paine Population Relationships in and around Medieval Danish Towns
Nan A. Rothschild Colonial and Postcolonial New York: Issues of Size, Scale, and Structure
URBAN SOCIETY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
Roger S. Bagnall An Urban Population from Roman Upper Egypt
Chapurukha Kusimba, Sibel Barut Kusimba, and Babatunde Agbaje-Williams Precolonial African Cities: Size and Density
FAR EASTERN URBANIZATION
Li Liu Urbanization in China: Erlitou and Its Hinterland
Sarah M. Nelson Population Growth and Change in the Ancient City of Kyongju
Laura Lee Junker Population Dynamics and Urbanism in Premodern Island Southeast Asia
URBAN CENTERS OF THE NEW WORLD
John Wayne Janusek and Deborah E. Blom Identifying Tiwanaku Urban Populations: Style, Identity, and Ceremony in Andean Cities
Don S. Rice Late Classic Maya Population: Characteristics and Implications
Rebecca Storey Mortality through Time in an Impoverished Residence of the Precolumbian City of Teotihuacan: A Paleodemographic View
L. J. Gorenflo The Evolution of Regional Demography and Settlement in the Prehispanic Basin of Mexico
CROSS-CULTURAL SYNTHESIS
David B. Small Factoring the Countryside into Urban Populations
Deborah L. Nichols Shining Stars and Black Holes: Population and Preindustrial Cities
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-Cultural Approaches
edited by Glenn R. Storey contributions by L. J. Gorenflo, Babatunde Agbaje Williams, Laura Lee Junker, Chapurukha Kusimba, Sibel Barut Kusimba, Ian Morris, Deborah L. Nichols, Hans Christian Petersen, Richard R. Paine, Don S. Rice, Rebecca Storey, Nan A. Rothschild, Brent D. Shaw, David B. Small, John Wayne Janusek, Li Liu, Sarah M. Nelson, Glenn R. Storey, Roger S. Bagnall, Deborah E. Blom, Jesper L. Boldsen and Elio Lo Cascio
University of Alabama Press, 2006 eISBN: 978-0-8173-8097-7 Cloth: 978-0-8173-1476-7 Paper: 978-0-8173-5246-2
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.
This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently conceive and execute their research on the population of cities. The subject cities are in Greece, Mesoamerica, the Andes, Italy, Egypt, Africa, United States, Denmark, and China. This broad sample provides a useful framework for answers to such questions as “Why did people agglomerate into cities?” and “What population size and what age of endurance constitute a city?”
The study covers more than population magnitude and population makeup, the two major frameworks of urban demography. The contributors combine their archaeological and historical expertise to reveal commonalities, as well as theoretical extrapolations and methodological approaches, at work here and outside the sample.
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World is a unique study revealing the variety of factors involved in the coalescing and dispersal of populations in preindustrial times.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Glenn R. Storey, University of Iowa, is a Roman archaeologist jointly appointed in Classics and Anthropology and specializing in Roman demography, economy, and urbanization.
REVIEWS
“An excellent collection of complementary perspectives on population and the character of cities in different parts of the world and at different periods. The refreshing aspect of this volume is that the authors represent a wide range of theoretical as well as methodological approaches.”--Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glenn R. Storey Introduction: Urban Demography of the Past
THE WESTERN URBAN TRADITION
Ian Morris The Growth of Greek Cities in the First Millennium BC
Elio Lo Cascio Did the Population of Imperial Rome Reproduce Itself?
Richard R. Paine and Glenn R. Storey Epidemics, Age at Death, and Mortality in Ancient Rome
Brent D. Shaw Seasonal Mortality in Imperial Rome and the Mediterranean: Three Problem Cases
Hans Christian Petersen, Jesper L. Boldsen, and Richard R. Paine Population Relationships in and around Medieval Danish Towns
Nan A. Rothschild Colonial and Postcolonial New York: Issues of Size, Scale, and Structure
URBAN SOCIETY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
Roger S. Bagnall An Urban Population from Roman Upper Egypt
Chapurukha Kusimba, Sibel Barut Kusimba, and Babatunde Agbaje-Williams Precolonial African Cities: Size and Density
FAR EASTERN URBANIZATION
Li Liu Urbanization in China: Erlitou and Its Hinterland
Sarah M. Nelson Population Growth and Change in the Ancient City of Kyongju
Laura Lee Junker Population Dynamics and Urbanism in Premodern Island Southeast Asia
URBAN CENTERS OF THE NEW WORLD
John Wayne Janusek and Deborah E. Blom Identifying Tiwanaku Urban Populations: Style, Identity, and Ceremony in Andean Cities
Don S. Rice Late Classic Maya Population: Characteristics and Implications
Rebecca Storey Mortality through Time in an Impoverished Residence of the Precolumbian City of Teotihuacan: A Paleodemographic View
L. J. Gorenflo The Evolution of Regional Demography and Settlement in the Prehispanic Basin of Mexico
CROSS-CULTURAL SYNTHESIS
David B. Small Factoring the Countryside into Urban Populations
Deborah L. Nichols Shining Stars and Black Holes: Population and Preindustrial Cities
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC