In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz
takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into
the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries
and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four
ancient cities, each the centre of a sophisticated civilisation:
the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman
town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity
of Angkor in Cambodia and the indigenous American metropolis
Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St.
Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates
the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of
environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these
ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban
planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often-anonymous
workers—slaves, women, immigrants and manual labourers—who
built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia.
Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past but,
foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will
be living in cities. It may also reveal something of our own fate.
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2021 |
| Authors: |
Annalee Newitz
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-65266-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-393-65266-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780393652666 |
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