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American Cities and Technology: Wilderness to Wired city de Gerrylynn K. Roberts

American Cities and Technology: Wilderness to Wired city: Cities and Technology

Autor Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Philip Steadman
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 iun 1999
Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecomunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered:
* the rise of the skyscraper
*the coming of the automobile age
* relations between private and public transport
* the development of infrastructural technologies and systems
* the implications of electronic communications
* the emergence of city planning.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415200837
ISBN-10: 0415200830
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 210 x 297 mm
Greutate: 1.18 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Cities and Technology

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Notă biografică

Gerrylynn K. Roberts is a lecturer in the Department of History of Science and Technology, and Philip Steadman is a lecturer in the Department of Architectural and Urban Morphology at the Open University.

Cuprins

1. Introduction: The Growth of American Cities 2. Transport and the Nineteenth-century city 3. Transport in the Twentieth -century city - Automobility 4. Building types: construction and materials 5. Water supply, sewage, drainage and sanitation 6. Heat, light and fire protection 7. Travel and telecommunication in the late twentieth century city 8. Telecommunication and twentieth century cities

Descriere

Looks at the social history of technology. Among the issues discussed are the rise of the skyscraper, the coming of the automobile age, relations between private and public transport, & the development of infrastructural technologies.