Cities
Book description
"A revelation of the drive and creative flux of the metropolis over time."--Nature
A sweeping history of cities through the millennia--from Mesopotamia to Manhattan--and how they have propelled Homo sapiens to dominance.
Six thousand years ago, there were no cities on the planet. Today, more than half of the world's…
Why read it?
1 author picked Cities as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
An exciting overview of one of THE big themes of world history, an anthropological essay that draws on urban traditions from five continents. It is really good on the materiality of cities, everything from how they were built and where they get their food to what happens to their garbage. A great balance too between the huge variety of cities and what we today can learn from early urbanism.
From Greg's list on ancient cities.
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