For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in cities, and not just in cities but in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the world's people. It is a phenomenon which holds out enormous possibilities and at the same time poses problems, on a scale unknown befoe, of social organization, democracy and sustainability. Drawing...(展开全部)

City Worlds presents both an overview and the core of the argument in the Understanding Cities series. Using an integrated and interactive text City Worlds draws on our spatial imaginations to prompt a distinctive understanding of cities.

In Cities , the acclaimed historian John Reader takes us on a journey of the city—from its earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo. Cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. For Reader, they are our most natural artifacts, the civic s...(展开全部)

A magisterial study of the city from its beginnings to the mega-conurbations of today. Cities is a fascinating exploration of the nature of the city and city life, of its structures, development and inhabitants. From the ruins of the earliest cities to the present, John Reader explores how cities coalesce, develop and thrive, how they can decline and die, how they remake themse...(展开全部)

安妮‧米柯萊 1983年生於德國德勒斯登，現為蘇黎世聯邦理工學院（ETH Zurich, DARCH）研究員及博士候選人。2009年獲得瑞士聯邦理工學院（Swiss Federal Institute of Technology）建築學位，曾獲蘇黎世聯邦理工學院的卓越獎學金和機會獎學金、德國學術交流資訊中心獎學金以及數項海外交流獎學金，並曾於坂茂歐洲建築師事務所（Shigeru Ban Architects Europe）及阿迪萊爾珍諾維巴黎設計工作室（Atelier Jean Nouvel in Paris）擔任建築師。其研究探討房地產市場、城市經濟和制度架構不斷變遷下的城市發展。 摩里茲‧普克豪爾 1985年生於德國德勒斯登，蘇黎世聯邦理工學院（ETH Zurich, DARCH）前科學研究員，現於蘇黎士卡魯索聖約翰建築師事務所（Caruso S...(展开全部)

Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital of Constantinople - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, beginning an Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924, when the last Caliph hurriedly left on the ...(展开全部)

The only city situated on two continents, Constantinople has always been both meeting-place and battlefield. Constantinople: City of the World’s Desire describes the city and its dual role when it was the capital of the Ottoman Sultans, dominating an empire which at its height stretched from Morocco to Russia and from the Danube to the Persian Gulf. At once scholarly and entert...(展开全部)

M.罗斯托夫采夫，著名俄裔美籍历史学家，20世纪西方有影响力的古史学家之一，曾任美国历史学会会长，还当选过俄罗斯科学院院士。主要研究领域是古希腊、古罗马的社会经济，著有《罗马帝国社会经济史》《希腊化世界社会经济史》等。 马百亮，上海师范大学历史学博士，上海海洋大学副教授。已出版译著二十余部，包括《统治史》《流感大历史》《人类的情感》《欧洲的黄昏》《战争的面目》《酒：一部文化史》《古典欧洲的诞生》《罗马的复辟》《希腊艺术导论》等。

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M.罗斯托夫采夫，著名俄裔美籍历史学家，20世纪西方有影响力的古史学家之一，曾任美国历史学会会长，还当选过俄罗斯科学院院士。主要研究领域是古希腊、古罗马的社会经济，著有《罗马帝国社会经济史》《希腊化世界社会经济史》等。 马百亮，上海师范大学历史学博士，上海海洋大学副教授。已出版译著二十余部，包括《统治史》《流感大历史》《人类的情感》《欧洲的黄昏》《战争的面目》《酒：一部文化史》《古典欧洲的诞生》《罗马的复辟》《希腊艺术导论》等。