Metropolis: Une histoire de la plus grande invention humaine
- ISBN-10
- 2379339090
- ISBN-13
- 9782379339097
- Series
- Metropolis
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 518
- Language
- French
- Published
- 2024-01-10T00:00:00+01:00
- Publisher
- Passés Composés
- Authors
- Ben Wilson, Simon Duran
Description
De ses premières incarnations en Mésopotamie il y a 7?000 ans aux mégalopoles du XXIe siècle, l’histoire de la civilisation est l’histoire de la ville, source des principales révolutions politiques, sociales, commerciales, scientifiques et artistiques humaines. C’est pourquoi Ben Wilson entraine le lecteur dans un fascinant tour du monde à travers les siècles. D’Uruk à Lagos, en passant par Rome, Bagdad, Paris ou encore Los Angeles, à chaque étape, c’est une caractéristique majeure de la ville qui est mise en valeur à travers un récit vivant, riche de personnages fascinants et nourri de scènes de la vie quotidienne. Athènes et Rome sont ainsi des laboratoires politiques, Bagdad invente le commerce mondial dès le IXe siècle, les cafés de Londres voient naître la finance au XIXe tandis que Los Angeles impose le triomphe de la banlieue au XXe siècle. Par cette visite captivante de villes célèbres et oubliées, Ben Wilson raconte l’histoire glorieuse et millénaire de la plus grande invention humaine. Traduit de l'anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Simon Duran.
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