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Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention

by Ben Wilson

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

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780385543460