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Metropolis
A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention
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Penguin Random House Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: GD64GKG
EAN: 9781784707521
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Beschreibung
From the Sunday Times. bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city. 'Brilliant. enchanting' Evening Standard. 'Exhilarating' New York Times. The story of the city is the story of civilisation. From Uruk and Babylon to Baghdad and Venice, and on to London, New York, Shanghai and Lagos, Ben Wilson takes us through millennia on a thrilling global tour of the key urban centres of history. Rich with individual characters, scenes and snapshots of daily life, Metropolis. is at once the story of these extraordinary places and of the vital role they have played in making us who we are. 'Panoramic. entertaining and rich in wondrous detail' Tom Holland. 'A towering achievement. Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time' Wall Street Journal.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Ben Wilson
Thema
- Geschichtsforschung: Weltgeschichte
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2021
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Detailformat
- Taschenbuch
Anzahl Seiten
- 448