Ben Wilson
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
From the author of the bestselling EMPIRE OF THE DEEP, a globe-spanning narrative history of the 1850s - a time of electrifying change - seen through the eyes of the men and women who embraced the adventurous spirit of the times
Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
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...