SOSC 1731 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Granary, Stone Age, Capital Accumulation

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1731
• Professor: Lewis Code

Document Summary

Hard to cover all the transformaions of a city. Origins of the city are obscure, all buried in the past . In order to lay that new foundaion for urban life, we must understand the historic nature of the city. It took 5000+ years to have a parial understanding of the city"s nature and drama will take longer to realize the potenialiies. In order to move forward, need to take a step back and understand the history. Conscious about our past. clearer insight on the decisions made in the past. which oten sill controls us! Need to take a look at man"s historic development as shaped and molded by the city we are who we are because of the city and its past . In seeking the origins of the city, we may be tempted to only look for physical remains we forget about language and ritual that may be let behind with no material traces.