‎Peter Clark (ed)‎
‎Small Towns and Cities in World History. From the Middle Ages to the Present‎

‎, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, Pages: 284, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 8 tables b/w., 5 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503610016.‎

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‎Summary This volume provides for the first time a comparative view of the development of small towns and smaller cities across the world from the Middle Ages to the present day. It examines the evolution of their role and impact in the main urban networks and systems in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. It focuses on key topics and cutting edge questions relating to the urban economy, population, social life, governance and cultural life. Reassessing the conventional picture of small towns in decline, it argues for the dynamic dimension of their development and their importance for global urbanisation over the long run. This is a major pioneering study, bringing together the latest research by leading and younger scholars which sheds sustained light on a major component of the urban system in both the Global North and South, and thus makes an essential contribution to understanding world urban development over time. TABLE OF CONTENTS Authors' Biographies Preface 1.Introduction Peter Clark 2. Small towns and urbanization in medieval England Christopher Dyer 3. Small towns in late medieval Hungary: levels and factors of urbanity Katalin Szende 4. Small towns in China: History and policy from the Middle Ages to the Present William T. Rowe 5. The evolution of Castilian small towns: context and forces for Change in regional Spain from the Pre-Modern Period to the Present Mar a A. Castrillo Rom n, Marina Jim nez Jim nez, Miguel Fern ndez-Maroto and Juan Luis de las Rivas Sanz 6. Small towns in Latin America: transformations during the 18th and 19th centuries Mariana Canedo 7. Small towns or small cities: the non-metropolitan United States, 1820-2020 Carl Abbott 8. The rise and fall of small towns in Sweden, 1800-2020 Lars Nilsson 9. Small towns and cultural identity: heritage, regionalism and beyond in the Czech Lands, c. 1900-1950 Jaroslav Ira 10. Global connectivity and small towns in the Central African urban network during the Colonial Period before the Second World War Johan Lagae 11. The changing importance of small towns: Malaya in the Modern Era Lynn Hollen Lees 12. Smaller frontier cities of Jordan: Unveiling historical dynamics and paths to sustainable development in the Middle East from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Period Janset Shawash 13. Greek small island towns in transition: 19th to 21st century Katerina Chatzikonstantinou and Lydia Sapounaki-Dracaki Indexes‎