A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions: The Ideas and Technologies That Made Modernity Possible

From the #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, the story of how we live now, in 32 highly entertaining and seriously illuminating histories of urban invention

In 1800, almost no one lived in cities. Now, for the first time, a majority of us do. What exactly paved the way for this extraordinary transformation? With his characteristic wit and boundless curiosity, Jonn Elledge takes us on a fascinating, fun, and frequently surprising tour of 32 inventions that ma...