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Tag Archives: Theory
Of Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Making of a Special Issue
This article relates to a new special issue published in Urban History titled ‘Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Socio-Environmental History of Port Cities after the Global Turn’. The issue was edited by Michael Goebel, Christian Jones, Yorim Spoelder, and Xinge Zhai. … Continue reading
Globalizing Urban Environmental History: Interview with Matthew Vitz
To mark the publication of new contributions to our Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History series, we will feature interviews with authors and share short excerpts from their work. Here, GUHP Blog associate editor Maytal Mark interviews Matthew Vitz, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Elements in Global Urban History, Environment, history, Politics, Theory
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The Worlds of Victor Sassoon: Interview with Rosemary Wakeman
Rosemary Wakeman’s new book, The Worlds of Victor Sassoon: Bombay, London, Shanghai, 1918–1941, is an interpretative history of global urbanity following the life of business tycoon Victor Sassoon across three cities at the forefront of the sweeping changes taking the … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Elements in Global Urban History, history, Theory
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Our Urban Planet in Theory and History: Interview with Carl Nightingale
To mark the publication of new contributions to our Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History series, we will feature interviews with authors and share short excerpts from their work. Here, GUHP Blog associate editor Maytal Mark interviews Carl Nightingale, the … Continue reading
Making Cities Socialist: Interview with Katherine Zubovich
To mark the publication of new contributions to our Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History series, we will feature interviews with authors and share short excerpts from their work. Here, GUHP Blog associate editor Maytal Mark interviews Katherine Zubovich, the … Continue reading
The Modern City in Asia: Interview with Kristin Stapleton
To mark the publication of new contributions to our Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History series, we will feature interviews with authors and share short excerpts from their work. Here, series co-editor Tracy Neumann interviews Kristin Stapleton, the author of … Continue reading
The Archive Box #6: The Sources of Our Urban Planet
By Carl H. Nightingale*, University of Buffalo The Archive Box is a series featuring global urban historians reflecting on their archival experience, and on the practical and theoretical challenges they faced while working with a variety of archives across the … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Box, Article
Tagged Ancient History, Archives, Environment, Theory
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How Cities Matter: Interview with Richard Harris
To mark the publication of new contributions to our Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History series, we will feature interviews with authors and share short excerpts from their work. Here, series co-editor Tracy Neumann interviews Richard Harris, the author of … Continue reading
The Archive Box #3: Building Colonial Capitalism in Bombay
By Sheetal Chhabria*, Connecticut College The Archive Box is a series featuring global urban historians reflecting on their archival experience, and on the practical and theoretical challenges they faced while working with a variety of archives in different cities across … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Box, Article
Tagged Archives, Capitalism, Colonialism, Housing, South Asia, Theory
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The Next Step in Global Urban History
By Joseph Ben Prestel (Freie Universität Berlin), Michael Goebel (Graduate Institute Geneva), and Tracy Neumann, (Wayne State University). We launched the Global Urban History Blog in November 2015. Three and a half years later, we are pleased to announce a new project … Continue reading
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