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The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America

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One of Dazed's Best Non-Fiction Books of 2023

The first book to explore how our cities gentrify by becoming social media influencers—and why it works.


Cities, like the people that live in them, are subject to the attention economy. In The City Authentic, author David A. Banks shows how cities are transforming themselves to appeal to modern desires for authentic urban living through the attention-grabbing tactics of social media influencers and reality-TV stars.

Blending insightful analysi...