{"product_id":"our-urban-planet-in-theory-and-history-hardback-9781009494595","title":"Our Urban Planet in Theory and History (Hardback) 9781009494595","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOur Urban Planet in Theory and History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis element explores Our Urban Planet, the space humans built by gathering natural energy in cities to wield Earth-wide power.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl Nightingale (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009494595, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e84 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.1 cm, 0.27 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Element offers seven propositions toward a theory of 'Our Urban Planet' that is useful to global urban historians. I argue that historians have much to offer to theorists particularly those involved in debates over planetary urbanization theory and the Anthropocene. We must enlarge our concept of 'urban' to include spaces that make cities possible and that cities make possible and become comfortable with longer temporal frames that nest global urban history within Earth Time. Above all we need to add the crucial dimension of power, redefining cities as spaces that humans produce to amplify harvests of geo-solar energy and deploy human power within space and time. The element uses insights from 'deep history' to set the stage for a 'theory by verb' elaborating the many paradoxes of humans' 6,000-year gamble with the Urban Condition and explaining cities' own intrinsic capacity to outrun their own theorizability.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreliminary Matters I: Space, time, and power\u003cbr\u003e Preliminary Matters II: Global urban history, 'planetary urbanization'” and the 'Anthropocene'\u003cbr\u003e Preliminary Matters III: The 'our' in 'Our urban planet'\u003cbr\u003e proposition 1. Start deep, not total: humans, space, and power\u003cbr\u003e Proposition 2. Energy in: urban hinterlands\u003cbr\u003e Proposition 3. Cities and power: to produce + to amplify\u003cbr\u003e Proposition 4. Predictably unpredictable: to deploy\u003cbr\u003e Proposition 5. Power out: urban forelands\u003cbr\u003e Proposition 6. Polyrhythmic plotlines: urban temporality\u003cbr\u003e Proposition 7. Of morality tales, visions, and miracles: urban futures\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414092575000,"sku":"9781009494595","price":51.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009494595i.jpg?v=1784337796","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/our-urban-planet-in-theory-and-history-hardback-9781009494595","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}