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Urban theory and archaeology merge to create a readable discussion of how ancient cities came to be. Although many consider our modern social ills to be the consequence of Capitalism, many urban problems are traceable to pre-Capitalist times and thus are more related to urbanization. Ancient cities shared many characteristics with modern cities. For instance, the ancient cities of Rome and Carthage at the time of Christ had population densities approaching that of Manhattan Island today. The Canaanites, fifteen hundred years before, lived in cities oriented toward trade and dependent upon mass production of such items as wine, olive oil, and the pottery to contain such goods. Over three thousand years before the Common Era, the city of Uruk was part of a larger 'global system' that resembled in its own way the globalization that we know today. Cities first arose in Mesopotamia about 5,500 years ago, but for years before the rise of cities the small agricultural village was the most complex form of human social organization- clearly there was nothing inevitable about the city. This book explores what we can learn of modern cities by tracing the development of ancient cities. -- Back Cover

Intro -- IN GOTHAM'S SHADOW -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Newspapers and Their Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. One Summer Day -- 2. An American Story -- 3. Loom to Boom -- 4. On the Road -- 5. Sin City -- 6. Progress -- 7. Slaughter of the Innocents -- 8. Extended Communities -- 9. Deconstructing Utica -- 10. Reconstructing Hartwick -- 11. Different Strokes -- 12. Gotham's Shadow -- Appendix A: The Block Quintile Measure -- Appendix B: Newspaper Advertisement Data -- Appendix C: Retail Functions Study -- Notes -- 1. One Summer Day -- 2. An American Story -- 3. Loom to Boom -- 4. On the Road -- 5. Sin City -- 6. Progress -- 7. Slaughter of the Innocents -- 8. Extended Communities -- 9. Deconstructing Utica -- 10. Reconstructing Hartwick -- 11. Different Strokes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

The concept of urbanization has long been used to refer to the growth of cities in a particular region. The definition of a city is notoriously vague, however, and as such using their growth as a mechanism for understanding urbanization is highly problematic. In addition, the sequence of events leading to the urbanization of a region does not indicate that cities necessarily lead to the effects with which urbanization is commonly associated, but rather these "effects" predate and even facilitate the growth of cities. This paper discusses the concept of urbanization in light of two very distinct case studies of the sequence leading to the growth of cities: that of "pristine urbanization" in the ancient Fertile Crescent and of later urbanization in the American Northeast.

IntroductionChapter 1: Urbanization, Urbanormativity, and Place-StructurationChapter 2: Critical Concepts for Studying Communities and their Built EnvironmentsChapter 3: Historic Hartwick: Reading Civic Character in a Living LandscapeChapter 4: Stigma, Reputation, and Place StructurationChapter 5: 'Taking the Cure:' The Rural as a Place of health and Wellbeing in New York State during the Late 1800's and early 1900'sChapter 6: Minority Groups and the Informal Economy: English Speakers in Quebec's Eastern TownshipsChapter 7: Eaten Up: Urban Foraging and Rural IdentityChapter 8: Fracture LinesCh