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Zusatztext This offering is generalist in focus! well presented and strikingly illustrated. It is...a most readable and accessible guidebook backed up by a very full bibliography and notes. This is not a guide to cities! but to the human phenomenon that is the city. Take this to New York and you will get lost! take it to bed and you will be inspired. Peter Smith is a journalist and his easy style makes it a pleasure to read... The book is an excellent introduction to the city! and should be on every student's reading list. It is a valuable scenesetter and allows the reader to dip in and out at will! which is exactly what a guidebook should do. Informationen zum Autor P. D. Smith is an independent researcher and writer. He has taught at University College London where he is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Science and Technology Studies Department and has contributed to the Guardian and writes for other national publications including The Times, Independent and the Times Literary Supplement. His books include Doomsday Men: The Real Dr Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon. Author's website: www.peterdsmith.com Klappentext This remarkable history of urban culture worldwide! from the first city builders 7000 years ago! to today's sprawling megacities! using the form of a popular guidebook to get to the heart of what makes cities thrive. This remarkable history of urban culture worldwide, from the first city builders 7000 years ago, to today's sprawling megacities, using the form of a popular guidebook to get to the heart of what makes cities thrive. Zusammenfassung This remarkable history of urban culture worldwide, from the first city builders 7000 years ago, to today's sprawling megacities, using the form of a popular guidebook to get to the heart of what makes cities thrive.
