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

420 pages first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

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. “A towering achievement.... Reading this book is like visi...

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hopeful 40%
inspiring 30%
challenging 20%
adventurous 5%

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slow 17%

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