Cities: The First 6,000 Years

Abstract

Cover -- Epigraph -- 1. Why Cities? -- 2. City Life, Past and Present -- 3. How to Dig an Ancient City -- 4. Before Cities, There Was . . . -- 5. Urban Building Blocks -- 6. Infrastructure Holds Things Up -- 7. The Harmony of Consumption -- 8. The Mojo of The Middle Class -- 9. Anxiety, Risk, and Middle-Class Life -- 10. A World of Cities -- 11. The Next 6,000 Years -- Acknowledgments -- About Monica L. Smith -- Notes -- Index -- Copyright.