num_pages: 200
description: Joel Kotkin’s short book is an account of the city through history, from its prehistoric precursors to its future. It examines how the urban form has evolved over the course of its history, and places particular emphasis on the timeless role of the city as the crossroads of peoples and cultures, as a locus of trade, and as an artistic centre.
language: English
title: City : A Global History
titlecomplete: City : A Global History
genres: Sociology, History, Urban, Urbanism, Geography, Cities, Urban Studies, Urban Planning, World History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 479
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson