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Metropolis

Author: Ben Wilson.

Metropolis

Author: Ben Wilson.

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Item #: D31451
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 442
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 9780385543460
During the two hundred millennia of humanity's existence, nothing has shaped us more profoundly than the city. From their very beginnings, cities created a flourishing of human endeavor—new professions, new forms of art, worship and trade—that kick-started civilization. In this sweeping overview, Ben Wilson traces this idea through civics in ancient Athens, global trade in ninth-century Baghdad, finance in the ... More
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During the two hundred millennia of humanity's existence, nothing has shaped us more profoundly than the city. From their very beginnings, cities created a flourishing of human endeavor—new professions, new forms of art, worship and trade—that kick-started civilization. In this sweeping overview, Ben Wilson traces this idea through civics in ancient Athens, global trade in ninth-century Baghdad, finance in the coffeehouses of London, peacocking in Belle ?poque Paris, and contemporary Shanghai's reforestation project.

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