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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80854.The_City_A_Global_History?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The City: A Global History (Modern Library Chronicles)" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1170990521m/80854.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80854.The_City_A_Global_History?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The City: A Global History</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/46041.Joel_Kotkin">Joel Kotkin</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2525830?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>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. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/52734?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>