From Uruk to New York, how urban life shaped civilisation.
Across 7,000 years of history, historian Ben Wilson charts how cities have driven innovation, culture and progress. From Mesopotamia's first streets to the skyscrapers of today, Metropolis celebrates the creativity born from urban collision - while exploring the challenges of crowding, inequality and climate.
Rich in character and colour, it's both a sweeping history and a love letter to the bustle and brilliance of urban life. For readers of Sapiens and The Silk Roads, this is history at its most visionary and vivid.
'Brilliant… enchanting.' Evening Standard
'A towering achievement… exhilarating.' Wall Street Journal
| ISBN: | 9781784707521 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2021 |
| Author: | Ben Wilson |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 448 pages |
| Genres: |
Biographies & Autobiographies History of ideas Urban communities Social and cultural history Settlement, urban and rural geography General and world history History: specific events and topics |
From Uruk to New York, how urban life shaped civilisation.
Across 7,000 years of history, historian Ben Wilson charts how cities have driven innovation, culture and progress. From Mesopotamia's first streets to the skyscrapers of today, Metropolis celebrates the creativity born from urban collision - while exploring the challenges of crowding, inequality and climate.
Rich in character and colour, it's both a sweeping history and a love letter to the bustle and brilliance of urban life. For readers of Sapiens and The Silk Roads, this is history at its most visionary and vivid.
'Brilliant… enchanting.' Evening Standard
'A towering achievement… exhilarating.' Wall Street Journal
Metropolis features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, History of ideas, Urban communities, Social and cultural history, Settlement, urban and rural geography, General and world history, History: specific events and topics
Metropolis is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Metropolis was written by Ben Wilson and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Metropolis has 448 pages
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