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- ISBN 9780393348866
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 140 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 2014
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Hailed as an “original and fascinating book” (Times Literary Supplement), A History of Future Cities is Daniel Brook’s captivating investigation of four “instant cities”—St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai—that sought to catapult themselves into the future by emulating the West.
Daniel Brook is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, the Nation, and the New York Times Magazine and the author of several books, including A History of Future Cities. A New York native and a Yale graduate, Brook lives in New Orleans. He researched The Einstein of Sex in Berlin on a Robert and Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowship.
