The Resource Metropolis : a history of the city, humankind's greatest invention, Ben Wilson
Metropolis : a history of the city, humankind's greatest invention, Ben Wilson
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- Summary
- This is a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city. From its earliest incarnations 7000 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, scientific, and artistic revolutions. It is these world-changing, epoch-defining moments that are the focus of Ben Wilson's book, as he takes us on a thrilling global tour of the key metropolises of history, from Urk, Athens, Alexandria and Rome, to Baghdad, Lübeck and Venice, to Lisbon, Amsterdam, London, Paris, New York, LA, Shanghai and Lagos
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 433, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2020
- Isbn
- 9781784707521
- Label
- Metropolis : a history of the city, humankind's greatest invention
- Title
- Metropolis
- Title remainder
- a history of the city, humankind's greatest invention
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Wilson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city. From its earliest incarnations 7000 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, scientific, and artistic revolutions. It is these world-changing, epoch-defining moments that are the focus of Ben Wilson's book, as he takes us on a thrilling global tour of the key metropolises of history, from Urk, Athens, Alexandria and Rome, to Baghdad, Lübeck and Venice, to Lisbon, Amsterdam, London, Paris, New York, LA, Shanghai and Lagos
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Ben
- Dewey number
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- 307.7'6'09
- 307.7'6'09
- 307.7'6'09
- 307.7609
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cities and towns
- Society
- Label
- Metropolis : a history of the city, humankind's greatest invention, Ben Wilson
- Note
- Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2020
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781784707521
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- viii, 433, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781784707521
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour)
- Label
- Metropolis : a history of the city, humankind's greatest invention, Ben Wilson
- Note
- Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2020
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781784707521
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- viii, 433, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781784707521
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour)
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