2010
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4.07
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As the world’s population grows increasingly urban, we look back at history's greatest cities, from the modern metropolis to the ancient polis. Among the contributors: Jane Jacobs, Italo Calvino, George Packer, Theodore Dreiser, Vitruvius, Jules Verne, John Hersey, E.B. White, Luc Sante, Samuel Pepys, Jorge Luis Borges, Christopher Wren, Marguerite Duras.
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Author
Lewis H. Lapham
Author · 34 books
Lewis Henry Lapham was the editor of Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and again from 1983 until 2006. He is the founder and current editor of Lapham's Quarterly, featuring a wide range of famous authors devoted to a single topic in each issue. Lapham has also written numerous books on politics and current affairs. Lapham's Quarterly http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/
