Modern Library Chronicles The City, (Paperback)

from gregorybrown

Pretty good, but not about cities in the way you'd imagine. Instead of looking at the nitty gritty of cities, Kotkin instead takes a historical overview, looking at the macro factors that have caused cities to arise, led to their flourishing, and occasionally to their decline or fall. Think Civil...

from dcunning11235

A history of cities a la "Very Short Introductions", though I think this Modern Library series might have actually started first. Kotkin also proposes a kind of theory of cities, but does nothing to really justify or prove it, other than some general gesturing; -1 for that from what would otherwi...

from dcunning11235

A history of cities a la "Very Short Introductions", though I think this Modern Library series might have actually started first. Kotkin also proposes a kind of theory of cities, but does nothing to really justify or prove it, other than some general gesturing; -1 for that from what would otherwi...

from DavidHumphrey

This book serves as a reasonable basic introduction to the history of urbanism from the beginning to the post 9/11 world. I would have to say though that it will be very unsatisfying for anyone with even a basic knowledge of the subject. It's very short and tries to cover a huge subject with no c...

from kimberwolf

Very informative history of The City, from the first recorded city of Ur through the cities of each developing country on each continent, and spreading to America -- NY, Detroit, Chicago, etc. Ended with some notes on how cities can overpopulate, forget their purpose, bloat, and decline. The auth...