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The City by Joel Kotkin

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Jun 29, 07

Read in January, 2007

This is a pithy historical account the life and death of cities (and their respective empires) throughout the duration of civilization. Fascinating, and very straightforward. No fluff, just a straight chronology and analysis. The really juicy bit is the list of sources cited--were you to take on each and every work in the list, you would probably be qualified to recieve a PHD in Urban Planning History and theory.

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