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Cities

By John Reader

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| Paperback | 9780099284260

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Book Description

A magisterial study of the city from its beginnings to the mega-conurbations of today.

Cities is a fascinating exploration of the nature of the city and city life, of its structures, development and inhabitants.

From the ruins of the earliest cities to the present, John Reader eContinue

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Metropolis

Cities by John Reader 400pp, William Heinemann £20 Polluting, parasitic, overcrowded and violent: cities have always been popular with humans. They've needed to be. From the 35,000 inhabitants of Sumerian Ur, 4,000 years ago, to the current chart-top ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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Cities

A very interesting, informative and thought-provoking account on the history of cities. Too many of us born and living in the cities have taken too much granted. In view of all the lingering social problems and aftermath of natural disasters such as what Japan has been going through over the past th ... (continue)

A very interesting, informative and thought-provoking account on the history of cities. Too many of us born and living in the cities have taken too much granted. In view of all the lingering social problems and aftermath of natural disasters such as what Japan has been going through over the past three weeks, this book reminds us of the obligation of all inhabitants to contribute to a viable solution. It also points sharply at the inadequacies and fallacies of leaving the development of cities to architects, planners and politicians. I just can't help making references every now and then with what has happened, and is now taking place, in Hong Kong.

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