Metropolis A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city.'Brilliant...enchanting' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating' New York TimesThe story of the city is the story of civilisation. From Uruk and Babylon to Baghdad and Venice, and on to London, New York, Shanghai and Lagos, Ben Wilson takes us through millennia on a thrilling global tour of the key urban centres of history.Rich with individual characters, scenes and snapshots of daily life, Metropolis is at once the story of these extraordinary places and of the vital role they have played in making us who we are.'Panoramic...entertaining and rich in wondrous detail' Tom Holland'A towering achievement... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time' Wall Street Journal

ISBN:	9781784707521
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage
Published date:	01 Jul 2021
DEWEY:	307.7609
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	viii, 433, 16 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	382g
Height:	129mm
Width:	197mm
Spine width:	32mm

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