Contents:
Introduction
Part One: Ancient Cities 1. Urban origins: a review of theories
Harold Carter 2. Bricks and Brickmaking in Mud and Clay
P.R.S.Moorey 3. History
Herodotus 4. Deir el-Medina
A.R. David 5. Heavy Transport in Classical Antiquity
A. Bruford 6. Ancient Greek Water Supply
Alfred Burns 7. Lifting in Early Greek Architecture
J.J. Coulton 8. The Construction of Fortified Towns
Vitruvius 9.The Organization and Supply of Roman Building
James c. Anderson jr. 10. On the Water Supply of the City of Rome
Frontinus 11. A Model of Agricultural Change
Neville Morley 12. The Transformation of the Roman Suburbium
Neville Morley Part Two: Medieval and Early Modern Cities 13. Water Supply in Early Medieval Italy
Bryan Ward-Perkins 14. From Polis to Madina: Urban Change in Late Antique and Early Islamic Syria
Hugh Kennedy 15. Medieval Technology and Social Change
Lynn White 16. Fuelling the city: production and distribution of firewood and fuel in London's region, 1290-1400
James A. Galloway 17. Road Improvement in Thirteenth-century Pisa
David HerlihyL 18. Town and Hinterland in Medieval Scotland
Elizabeth Ewan 19. Building Renaissance Florence: materials, techniques, organization
Richard A Goldthwaite 20. Repositioning the Vatican Obelisk
Domenico Fontana 21. Urbanization in Early Modern Europe: Change or Continuity?
Christopher R. Friedrichs 22. Technology and the Built Environment of the Early Modern City
Christopher R. Friedrichs 23. A Golden Age: Innovations in Dutch Cities, 1648-1720
Jonathan Israel 24. Fire-fighting Technology in Early Modern England
Stephen Porter 25. Technological Innvation in Seventeenth-century Paris
Leon Bernard 26. Rebuilding London after the Great Fire of 1666
John Evelyn 27. Technological Change in a Traditional Society: The Case of the Desagiie in Colonial Mexico
Louisa Schell Hoberman Part Three: Pre-Industrial Cities of China and Africa 28. Building in 'The Book of Odes' 29. Meanings of Walls and Gates
Nelson I. Wu 30. Water-pipes, Fountains and Clocks
Joseph Needham and
Wang Ling 31. Tiles, Bricks and Coal
Sung Ying-Hsing 32. Guilds and Property Development in Hankou
William T. Rowe 33. Fire Brigades and Ferries in Hankou
William T. Rowe 34. A Description of Hankou in 1850
Evariste Regis Huc 35. Hausa Building Techniques
J.C. Moughtin 36. Building-types of the Hausa People: characteristics and formative influences
J.C. Moughtin Part Four: The Sjoberg Model 37. The Pre-Industrial City
Gideon Sjoberg 38. Some Reflections on the Pre-Industrial City
Peter Burke