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Tag Archives: Theory
Infrastructural Statecraft and the Rise of Just-in-Time Urbanism
By Boris Vormann, Freie Universität Berlin Containerization has led international trade to triple since the mid-1970s. This massive expansion and deepening of exchange networks would have been unthinkable without the construction of material transportation infrastructures in the world’s metropolitan agglomerations. … Continue reading
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Tagged Infrastructure, North America, Politics, Theory, Trade, Transport
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“World History Needs More Urban Mess”: A Conversation with Carl H. Nightingale
Since its launch in November 2015, the Global Urban History Blog has published posts on a range of different cities and topics. The blog grew out of the observation that an increasing number of historians are bringing together global and … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, Europe, North America, Segregation, Theory
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African Urban History and Global History – a Comment
Liora Bigon, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Reflecting on Africa’s urban past in the context of African history and as part of a global phenomenon is a challenging mission situated at the intersection of three subfields of research: African history, … Continue reading
Paris Everywhere? The Challenge of Eurocentrism in Global Urban History
Joseph Ben Prestel, Freie Universität Berlin Urban history is becoming increasingly global. Recent trends in historiography, such as transnational and global history, have inspired scholars of urban history who show a renewed interest in questions of comparison and connections. This … Continue reading