From Simon & Schuster, The Preindustrial City by Gideon Sjoberg examines city life both in the past and present. In his work, Sjoberg takes readers on a journey

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This, the first book in the series, explores cities from the earliest earth built settlements to the dawn of the industrial age exploring ancient, Medieval, ear

Winner of the American Catholic Historical Association's Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History The master ship builders of seventeenth-century Venice forme