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Index
Cover
Also by Ben Wilson
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
World Map
Introduction: The Metropolitan Century
1 Dawn of the City: Uruk, 4000–1900 BC
2 The Garden of Eden and Sin City: Harappa and Babylon, 2000–539 BC
3 Cosmopolis: Athens and Alexandria, 507–30 BC
4 Imperial Megacity: Rome, 30 BC—AD 537
5 Gastropolis: Baghdad, 537–1258
6 Cities of War: Lübeck, 1226–1491
7 Cities of the World: Lisbon, Malacca, Tenochtitlan, Amsterdam, 1492–1666
8 The Sociable Metropolis: London, 1666–1820
9 The Gates of Hell? Manchester and Chicago, 1830–1914
10 Paris Syndrome: Paris, 1830–1914
11 Skyscraper Souls: New York, 1899–1939
12 Annihilation: Warsaw, 1939–45
13 Sounds of the Suburbs: Los Angeles, 1945–99
14 Megacity: Lagos, 1999–2020
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes
About the Author
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