Name: A History of Future Cities par Daniel Brook
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A History of Future Cities Résumé

A History of Future Cities 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 Avis

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

À propos de 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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Sku

GOR007928089

ISBN 13

9780393348866

ISBN 10

0393348865

Titre

A History of Future Cities Daniel Brook

Auteur

Daniel Brook

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Broché

Éditeur

WW Norton & Co

Année de publication

20140520

Nombre de pages

480

Prix

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