Ebook: Cities: the First 6,000 Years

Cover; Epigraph; 1. Why Cities?; 2. City Life, Past and Present; 3. How to Dig an Ancient City; 4. Before Cities, There Was . . .; 5. Urban Building Blocks; 6. Infrastructure Holds Things Up; 7. The Harmony of Consumption; 8. The Mojo of The Middle Class; 9. Anxiety, Risk, and Middle-Class Life; 10. A World of Cities; 11. The Next 6,000 Years; Acknowledgments; About Monica L. Smith; Notes; Index; Copyright