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A History of Future Cities Daniel Brook

A History of Future Cities By Daniel Brook

A History of Future Cities by Daniel Brook

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[An] inspired tour of the post modern city...Invigorating. -Mark Kingwell, Harper's

A History of Future Cities Summary

A History of Future Cities by Daniel Brook

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.

A History of Future Cities Reviews

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 Times

About Daniel Brook

Daniel Brook is a journalist and author whose writing has appeared in Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, and the Nation. Born in Brooklyn, raised on Long Island, and educated at Yale University, Brook lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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GOR007928089
9780393348866
0393348865
A History of Future Cities by Daniel Brook
Daniel Brook
Used - Very Good
Paperback
WW Norton & Co
20140520
480
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