Description
A fascinating exploration of the history of the city by the Sunday Times number-one bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders. For over 10,000 years, humans have altered their environment and embraced “progress”, evolving from hunter-gatherers into the modern urban society of today. But which ideas and inventions enabled humanity to become, by the early 21st century, a predominantly urban species? How did the essential infrastructure of modern life—the innovations we barely notice, but without which our world would fall apart—come into being? With characteristic wit and boundless curiosity, Jonn Elledge takes readers on a fascinating and often surprising tour of the ideas and technologies that made modernity possible. From elevators and electric lighting to parks and pedestrian crossings, he explores the history of civilisation itself.
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Language: English
Publication date: August 27, 2026
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, English books on technology, Non-fiction literature in english
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 360
ISBN/EAN: 9781035432776