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

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415200865 ISBN 13 : 9780415200868

Editeur : Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Gerrylyn K. Roberts

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415200865
• ISBN 13: 9780415200868
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Roberts Gerrylyn K.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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