The Great Cities in History

Reducere. Delve into the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metro...

Reducere. Explore the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. This illustrated history book provides a fascinating insight i...

From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization...

Reducere. Does your little one like ancient history? Then this book should be added to your child's learning collection This book discusses the 7 great citie...

This book is an overview of plans, maps, and occasionally map-views of great cities all over the world. It follows the development of the city plan...

Reducere. Journey back in time and take a walk through the historic streets of the world's greatest cities. Great City Maps is the companion title to DK's Gr...

An illuminating and evocatively illustrated tour of 40 of the great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations, and which in turn h...

A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666.

Reducere. Henry Matthews brings to life the ancient cities of Sicily. He illuminates the history of the island from the Greek migrations in the 8th century B...

New in paperback - A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666....

Reducere. DescriptionIt has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof. Even the smallest village inva...

Reducere. DescriptionThe "king of hardcore action" (Brad Thor, New York Times bestselling author) and New York Times and #1 international bestselling author ...

Reducere. Between 1963 and 1972 America experienced over 750 urban revolts. Considered collectively, they comprise what Peter Levy terms a 'Great Uprising'. ...

Reducere. The Best of Minneapolis and St. PaulThe Twin Cities are famous for their urban-meets-rural blend of locations, making Minneapolis and St. Paul uniq...

Reducere. Minneapolis roared into the 1920s as a major metropolis, but it lacked the kind of outdoor amusement facilities common elsewhere across the country...

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its initial publication, this special edition of Jane Jacobs's masterpiece, The Death and Life o...

Reducere. This riveting true story recounts the author's journey on horseback across Arizona and New Mexico, retracing Coronado's desperate search for the le...

Reducere. Florida is one of the most visited places in the world, and one of its most visited cities is St. Petersburg. But there s a lot more to the Sunshin...

Reducere. The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins wi...

Reducere. Nashville is a Big League city despite never having been home to a major league team. From the Civil War era, to star-studded exhibitions, to outst...

Reducere. DescriptionThose who have lived beside the great falls at the Tallapoosa River have witnessed and participated in great changes in Tallassee, Alaba...

Pausanias (fl. 150 CE), one of the Roman world's great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and...

Reducere. Which were the first cities of India and how were they discovered? What was it like living in Mughal times? How did the British, who had come to tr...

Reducere. DescriptionNearly three-quarters of Australia remains unknown in the 1920s. It is one of the last great wildernesses and a place of secrets and dis...

First published in Great Britain, 2006, with subtitle: The history and moral legacy of the WWII bombing of civilians in Germany and Japan.

Reducere. What's so great about Michigan? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Great Lake State We'll explore Michigan's popular lakes, g...

Reducere. Thirteen writers consider the groundbreaking work of Jane Jacobs, whose critiques of urban renewal in America resonate today more than ever.Author ...

Reducere. Buon appetito Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's histori...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert O. SelfAs the birthplace of the Black Panthers and a nationwide tax revolt, California embodied a crucial motif of t...

Reducere. From the first cities of Sumer to the empire of the Incas, travel around the world and through 5, 000 years of history to see where and how ancient...

DescriptionThe compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight Thirty y...

Reducere. If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species's ...

Reducere. The fossil fuel revolution is usually rendered as a tale of historic advances in energy production. In this perspective-changing account, Christoph...

DescriptionFew American cities have a history as rich as that of Rome. This central New York crossroads witnessed the siege of Fort Stanwix during ...

Merchants' shouts, jostling strangers, aromas of fresh fish and flowers, plodding horses, and friendly chatter long filled the narrow, crowded stre...

Few American cities are as steeped in history as Boston. Starting with its Native American and Puritan roots, through its pivotal role in the Revol...

The Taste of Conquest offers up a riveting, globe-trotting tale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, fickle fashion, and mouthwat...

Contributor(s): Author: Matthew ReillyThe thrilling new novel featuring Jack West, Jr. from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author ...

Reducere. In this ambitious book, bestselling author Sanjeev Sanyal chronicles the grand sweep of history from East Africa to Australia, conjuring the great ...

Reducere. This is the first comprehensive, documented history of the soda fountain. For one hundred fifty years, this popular institution was a community soc...

Featuring essays by top scholars and an expansive introduction, this volume surveys fifteenth-century Italian sculpture. It offers the most compreh...

Reducere. For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the p...

Reducere. Jazz hides in plain sight in global culture, a musical revolution that led to soul, rock, funk, and hip-hop in a fascinating story of art, race, re...

Reducere. DescriptionMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular DelusionsandThe Madness of CrowdsBy Charles MackayExtraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Cr...

Reducere. Pompeii was one of most advanced cities of its time; it had a complex water system, gymnasium, and an amphitheater. Despite it's advancements, ther...

Reducere. Plague, pestilence, and pandemics have been a part of the human story from the beginning and have been reflected in art and writing at every turn. ...

Contributor(s): Author: Charles River Editors*Includes pictures *Includes primary sources from ancient records about their cultures and battles *In...

Reducere. Drivers in the nation's capital face a host of hazards: high-speed traffic circles, presidential motorcades, jaywalking tourists, and bewildering s...

DescriptionA Victorian district frozen in time, Guthrie was the first territorial and state capital of Oklahoma, and many of its former residents s...

Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relativel...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Christopher Colombus discovered the New World in 1492, it opened the floodgates for the countries in Europe to colonize as much as ...

Reducere. Admitted to the Union in 1821 as the 24th state, Missouri is rich with the lore of American history. Within and along its borders flow two great ri...

Reducere. DescriptionOne of the oldest cities in Texas, Galveston has witnessed more than its share of tragedies. Devastating hurricanes, yellow fever epidem...

Reducere. One of the oldest cities in Texas, Galveston has witnessed more than its share of tragedies. Devastating hurricanes, yellow fever epidemics, fires,...

How exactly did we win the war? In a stunningly visual syyle, this illustrated book chronicles World War II from the early rise of Germany's dictat...

Reducere. Welcome to the Great Lakes State! Michigan is known for its lakes, but this state has plenty more to offer. In this title, engaging text and vivid ...

'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the ...

Reducere. Before the Davie Crockets, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade and kin networks across ...

Reducere. In Londoners, acclaimed journalist Craig Taylor paints readers an epic portrait of today's London that is as rich and lively as the city itself. In...

Reducere. THE BESTSELLING EPIC OF THE GLORY AND THE GRANDEUR INTRIGUES AND PASSIONS OF ANCIENT GREECE...AND THE WARRIOR KING WHOSE CONQUESTS BUILT AN ETERNAL...

Reducere. DescriptionIt is unimaginable to picture whole cities burning, much less whole counties, but that was the case in 1871, and then remarkably, ten ye...

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American...

The vast lingering remnant of an ice age that came to a close more than 10, 000 years ago, Lake Michigan has shaped the history of the settlements ...

'A scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar... a veritable tour de force' Richard Overy, New Statesman ...

Reducere. Did you know that at its peak, Angkor was the largest city in the world, almost the size of a modern metropolis, maybe even comparable to Los Angel...

Mirrorlands is a journey through space and time to the meeting points of Russia and China, the world's largest and most populous countries. Chartin...

Brown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fern n...

DescriptionThis 20" x 20" map, created by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and originally featured in their New York atlas Nonstop Metropol...

This collection of word search puzzles -- two for each state -- will challenge and entertain dedicated puzzle enthusiasts with all kinds of United ...

Reducere. Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s ...