GGR207H5 Lecture 3: l3 sept 20 - historical dev. and form. of cities
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Facilitate organization of large urban growth: size and density of cities, people living together in large areas, full time specialization of labour, concentration of surplus, class structured society, centralization of power (military etc. , allowed social and economic organization, state organization, previously social identity based on kin. Duncan: preconditions for urban growth, what are they, population, need presence of permanent population, environment, agricultural base outside city to support population, technology, needed to deal with local environment (safety) Some areas dev early modern theories from advance, sophisticated trading networks: hydraulic theory, allows people to cooperate and control agri development, economic theory, military theory, people gathered for protection, religious theory, allowed for centralized power structure. Lower class outside in ring of elite: outcast outside both groups, pre industrial city walking scale, mississauga not, criticism, not universally applicable, only applies where elite rule happened.
