|
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography
|
Buy Now
Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800 (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R3,525
Discovery Miles 35 250
|
|
|
Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800 (Hardcover)
Series: Comparative Urban Studies
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
With the closure of the overland Silk Road in the fourteenth
century following the collapse of the Mongol empire, the Indian
Ocean provided the remaining vital link for wider cultural,
political, and societal integrations prior to the Western colonial
presence. Collectively, these studies explore the history of
non-metropolitan urban settings c. 1400-1800 in the Indian Ocean
realm, from the Ottoman Empire and the African coastline at the
mouth of the Red Sea in the west to China in the east. This was an
age of heightened international commercial exchange that pre-dated
the European arrival, which in the Indian Ocean paired Islamic
expansionism and political authority, and, alternately, in the case
of mainland Southeast Asia, partnered Buddhism with new
centralizing monarchies. While grounded in multi-disciplinary urban
studies literature, the twelve studies in this collection explore
secondary center networking, as this networking distinguishes
secondary cities from metropolitan centers, which have
traditionally received the most scholarly attention. The book
features the research of international scholars, whose work
addresses the representative history of small cities and urban
networking in various parts of the Indian Ocean world in an era of
change, allowing them the opportunity to compare approaches,
methods, and sources in the hopes of discovering common features as
well as notable differences. This volume is the result of a 2007
conference on "The Small City in Global Context," hosted by the
Center for Middletown Studies at Ball State University, Muncie,
Indiana, intended to expand the field of urban studies by
encouraging scholars of diverse global interests and
specializations to explore the history of non-metropolitan urban
settings.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
