The American Cities and Technology Reader: Wilderness to Wired City - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0415200865 ISBN 13: 9780415200868

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1999

Riassunto

Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecommunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered:
* the rise of the skyscraper
* the coming of the automobile age
* relations between private and public transport
* the development of infrastructural technologies and systems
* the implications of electronic communications
* the emergence of city planning.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Gerrylynn K. Roberts is Senior Lecturer in the History of Science and Technology and Philip Steadman is Professor of Architectural and Urban Morphology, both at the Open University.

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415200865
• ISBN 13: 9780415200868
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Redattore: Roberts Gerrylyn K.