Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson

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

Ben Wilson

480 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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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.During the two hundred millennia of humanity’s existence, n...

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informative 100%
reflective 44%
hopeful 35%
inspiring 29%
challenging 14%
adventurous 11%

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slow 25%

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