The Age of Water

The Urban Environment in the North of France, A.D. 300-1800
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-62349-065-2
Verlag: Texas A&M University Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 506 g

Reihe: Environmental History

Water is essential to human life, as mythology, religion, and history alike have recognised. Its availability has been a key determinant in patterns of settlement and agriculture, but its crucial role in shaping the layout and economic development of cities has not always been recognised. This structuralist history, first published in French in 1983, traces sixteen centuries of hydrographic technological change and urban development in eighteen cities of northern France.

André E. Guillerme’s focus on the uses of water clearly illustrates the interaction of military, economic, technological, political, intellectual, and symbolic factors in urbanization. He skilfully utilizes data from urban demography and draws extensively on scholarship in a wide range of fields to sketch the history of urban planning and technology and their effect on the environment. From his incisive analysis, a complex picture emerges of demographic and socioeconomic evolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guillerme, Andre E.

Über Autor(innen)

André E. Guillerme, urban engineer and historian, is professor of History of Technology at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) in Paris. His research deals with history of industrial landscape, construction history, and technical gesture (19th & 20th century), specialising in the study of urban change in industrialised nations.