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Cities and economic development: from the dawn of history to the present
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A hefty history, from the Neolithic onward. It's ambitious in scope and rich in subject, detailing urbanization and, of course, the links between cities and economies. Scholarly, accessible, and significant. -- Newsday This book offers a path-breaking synthesis of the vast literature on the history of urbanization. --John C. Brown, IJournal of Economic Literature
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- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1989-06-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 26-5772-26-5772
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
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- W2048294418
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- book review
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- en
- Open access
- closed
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