SOSC 2730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Harcourt (Publisher), Lewis Mumford, Capital Accumulation

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2730
• Professor: Lewis Code

Document Summary

Commercial expansion and urban dissolution: what was the economic force that stimulated urban growth and the innovations/inventions that were central to economic expansion during this period, mumford makes reference to themes that characterized the medieval and. Explain what he said about these topics and the economic life of the city: what new institutions in this new capitalist order were compared to the. In reference to mercantile capitalism, mumford stated the following, Why or why not: what was the nature and importance of open space in the commercial. How did it change retailing in the commercial city: mumford speaks of building in the commercial city being characterized by. Convertibility and replaceability . (438) what does he mean by these page 14. 2. Mumford states that it was not widely imitated. Is the modern-day shopping mall the successor to the arcade: in general, mumford"s assessment of the commercial city is pretty harsh.