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Urban World History

An Economic and Geographical Perspective

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Luc-Normand Tellier
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Presses de l'Université du Québec

Does the long history of urbanization present identifiable regularities through time and space? Are there long-run trends in the development process? In the complex evolution of human societies are there other determining factors than political decisions, statesmen, wars, economic crises, religions, races, cultures, languages, and sociologicalvalues? Is the geographical space a simple setting or a major element of the urban world’s evolution? Those are some fundamental questions this boo k addresses in an original way that mixes historical facts, a world scope, an encyclopedic culture,reflections, and space-economic theory. From Çatalhöyük and Jericho to London, São Paulo, Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Shanghai and Tokyo, it reconstit utes the fascinating journey of the urban evolution.

2009, 648 pages, G1588, ISBN 978-2-7605-1588-8

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« Tellier is thorough and comprehensive in his treatment of the subject matter. [...] Tellier has successfully connected economic and geographic theory in a useful
and interesting fashion, and his introduction of concepts such as topodynamic corridor will certainly stimulate interest and discussion amongst geographers and regional scientists. »

Walter G. Peace, Journal of Regional Science, vol. 51, no 2, 2011, p. 405

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