Modern cities introduced a new split between materiality and structure absent earlier

Evidence

Heterogeneity, per se, would appear to characterize city dwellers in all times and places. What is particularly interesting and peculiar about the heterogeneity of the preindustrial city’s populace is its overtness. Socially defined differences among persons were emphasized in costuming, in body markings, and in language. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 235 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modern cities segregate activities spatially far more than preindustrial ones did — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 274; Preindustrial cities segregated activities far less spatially than modern cities — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 275; Preindustrial cities made social differences visually overt and legible — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 235 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Preindustrial cities made social differences visually overt and legible #complicates (0.72) — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 235