Cities in the World: 1500-2000: v. 3: 1500-2000

by Adrian Green

Overview

Papers presented at the Cities in the World conference held at Southampton University and organised through the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology challenged the commonly held perception that cities are about the present and the future, not about the past. All cities have an innate sense of the past, and this volume, encompassing as it does

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351571807
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/13/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	332
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Adrian Green

Table of Contents

ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Urban Historical Archaeology: Challenging AmbivalenceBy ADRIAN GREENURBAN PLACES IN AFRICAPort Cities and Their Merchants on the East African CoastBy MARK HORTONThe Demise of Great Zimbabwe, AD 1420-1550: An Environmental ReAppraisalBy INNOCENT PIKIRAYIThe Changing Views on the Role of Small Towns in Rural and Regional Development in AfricaBy GEORGE OWUSUURBAN PLACES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLDEnglish Towns on the Periphery: 17th-Century Development in Ulster and the ChesapeakeBy AUDREY HORNINGTransformation and Upheaval in the West Indies: The Case of Oranjestad, St Eustatius, Netherlands AntillesBy R. GRANT GILMORE IIIURBAN SPACE AND SOCIETY IN BRITAINFrom Bath to Poundbury: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Polite Urban Space 1700-2000By PETER BORSAYHousing the Early-Modern Industrial City: London's Workshop TenementsBy PETER GUILLER YThe World of the Workshop: Archaeologies of Urban IndustrialisationBy PAUL BELFORDManchester: Symbol or Model for the World?By ROBINA McNEILWAR, MEMORY AND DEATH IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPEArmies, Militias and Urban Landscapes: England, France and the Low Countries 1500-1900By PAUL COURTNEYLandscapes of Memory: Lucknow and Kanpur in Colonial IndiaBy DAVID PETTSDeath, Burial and Commemoration: An Archaeological Perspective on Urban CemeteriesBy HAROLD MYTUMARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN LIVESTales From The City: Brownfield Archaeology - A Worthwhile Challenge?By JAMES SYMONDSStories That Matter: Material Lives in 19th-Century Lowell and Boston, MassachusettsBy MARY C. BEAUDRYMaking City Lives: Urban Archaeology and Australian Social, Cultural and Urban HistoryBy GRACE KARSKENSFrom the Mythical to the Mundane: The Archaeological Angle on New York City's Five PointsBy REBECCA YAMINPortsmouth - A Window on the World?By ROGER LEECHFUTURE DIRECTIONSOverburden: The Importance of the Archaeology of the Modern Period in BritainBy SUSAN LAWRENCESumming Up - Cities in the WorldBy ROGER LEECH.