Metropolis: A history of cities - humankind’s greatest invention.
Sep 2020 · Random House
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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
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 collis...
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Ben Wilson is the author of six critically acclaimed books, including What Price Liberty?, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Award; the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Deep; and, most recently, Metropolis: A History of Humankind's Greatest Invention. Born in London in 1980, he has worked in television, broadcast on the radio in several countries, and writes for publications such as The Times, Daily Telegraph and Prospect. He lives in Suffolk, UK.
Ben Wilson is the author of six critically acclaimed books, including What Price Liberty?, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Award; the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Deep; and, most recently, Metropolis: A History of Humankind's Greatest Invention. Born in London in 1980, he has ...
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