1st Edition
American Cities and Technology Wilderness to Wired city
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
