Metropolis
Brought to you by Penguin.
A dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind''s greatest invention: the city.
From its earliest incarnations 7,000 years ago to the megalopolises of today, the story of the city is the story of civilisation. Although cities have only ever been inhabited by a tiny minority of humanity, the heat they generate has sparked most of our political, social, commercial, scienti...
Brought to you by Penguin.
A dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind''s greatest invention: the city.
From its earliest incarnations 7,000 years ago to the megalopolises of today, the story of the city is the story of civilisation. Although cities have only ever been inhabited by a tiny minority of humanity, the heat they generate has sparked most of our political, social, commercial, scienti...
