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Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City

By Richard Sennett
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Unabridged — 13 hours, 24 minutes
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By Richard Sennett
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Unabridged — 13 hours, 24 minutes
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A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future



In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. He shows how Paris, Barcelona, and New York City assumed their modern forms; rethinks the reputations of Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, and others; and takes us on a tour of emblematic contemporary locati...