Rabb / Rotberg Industrialization and Urbanization

Studies in Interdisciplinary History
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5655-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Interdisciplinary History

Focusing on urban development and the influence of urbanization on industrialization, this volume reflects a radical rethinking of the traditional approaches to the development of cities.

Originally published in 1981.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Rabb, Theodore K.

Rotberg, Robert I.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
INTRODUCTION, pg. vii
Urban Violence in Imperial Rome, pg. 1
The Process of Modernization and the Industrial Revolution in England, pg. 23
Social Mobility and Phases of Industrialization, pg. 59
Social Mobility in a Nineteenth-Century European City: Some Findings and Implications, pg. 83
Fertility, Nuptiality, and Occupation: A Study of Coal Mining Populations and Regions in England and Wales in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, pg. 101
Coal Miners on Strike: The Transformation of Strike Demands and the Formation of a National Union, pg. 137
Men in Motion: Some Data and Speculations about Urban Population Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America, pg. 171
Patterns of Work and Family Organization: Buffalo’s Italians, pg. 201
Tradition, Modernity, and the American Industrial Worker: Reflections and Critique, pg. 217
In Pursuit of the American City, pg. 245
Public Opinion in Urban History, pg. 251
Urban Networks and Historical Stages, pg. 257
From "Parasitic" to "Generative": The Transformation of Post-Colonial Cities in India, pg. 285
The City Overseas, pg. 317
The Contributors, pg. 324