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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385543468
• ISBN13: 9780385543460
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"