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

by Ben Wilson

Book Overview

In a captivating tour of cities famous and forgotten, acclaimed historian Ben Wilson tells the glorious, millennia-spanning story how urban living sparked humankind's greatest innovations. "A towering achievement.... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time--dazzling." --The Wall Street Journal During the two hundred millennia of humanity's existence, nothing has shaped us more profoundly than the city. From their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525436332
• ISBN13: 9780525436331
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"