A History of Future Cities
Will be published approx. on 21. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-393-34886-6 (ISBN)
Description
Hailed as an "original and fascinating book" (Times Literary Supplement), A History of Future Cities is Daniel Brook's captivating investigation of four "instant cities"-St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai-that sought to catapult themselves into the future by emulating the West.
Reviews / Votes
"Persuasive and lushly detailed." -- Cara Parks - New York Times Book Review "Excellent...A History of Future Cities succeeds not by claiming a false comprehensiveness but by plunging into the chaos and productive confusions of the past." -- Casey Walker - Los Angeles Review of Books "An interesting thesis about the city's role in fomenting political change in the modern era." -- The New Yorker "The pleasure in Mr. Brook's unusual history is in his descriptions of the creation of these cities. The deeper message, though, is about the tensions such cities create." -- Philip Delves Broughton - Wall Street Journal "Whatever the futures of these four cities hold, Brook cautions that progress and growth need more than construction projects and infrastructure." -- The Daily Beast "Penetrating...[Brook] sketches a portrait of a place that is not just a city, but an idea, and a dream." -- Parag Khanna - CNN "[An] engaging, quite original take on urban planning...Wholly readable." -- Alan Moores - Seattle TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
12 illustrations; 4 maps
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-34886-6 (9780393348866)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Daniel Brook is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, Nation, and New York Times Magazine, and he is the author of several books, including A History of Future Cities and The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction. A New York native and a Yale graduate, Brook lives in New Orleans. He researched The Einstein of Sex in Berlin on a Robert and Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowship.