約翰·裏德(John Reader)是一位作傢和攝影記者,擁有倫敦大學學院(UCL)人類學係的榮譽研究學位,是皇傢人類學研究院和皇傢地理科學院的成員。作品包括《非洲:一個大陸的傳記》(Africa: A Biography of the Continent)、《大地上的人及消失的綫索:尋找最早的人類》(Man on Earth and Missing Links: The Hunt for Earliest Man)。
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 spirit of our collective ingenuity. He gives us the ecological and functional context of how cities evolved throughout human history—the connection between pottery making and childbirth in ancient Anatolia, plumbing and politics in ancient Rome, and revolution and street planning in nineteenth-century Paris. This illuminating study helps us to understand how urban centers thrive, decline, and rise again—and prepares us for the role cities will play in the future.
發表於2024-11-08
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文/吳情 有學者預測,在二十一世紀中葉,全球約三分之二以上人口將居住在城市並成為城市人口。伴隨工業化進程的深入,城市化也在逐步推進。然而,對多數人來說,城市既陌生又熟悉,像空氣一般司空見慣,以至於很少有人會對城市的古往今來産生好奇、疑問、探索和闡釋。...
評分A very interesting, informative and thought-provoking account on the history of cities. Too many of us born and living in the cities have taken too much granted. In view of all the lingering social problems and aftermath of natural disasters such as what Ja...
評分當一場瘟疫襲擊我們時,保護我們的不僅有醫療手段,還有嚴格的隔離、消毒、檢疫等現代管控製度。 事實上醫學對於瘟疫或者普通的流感和感冒,除瞭能減輕一些痛苦之外,並沒有更多辦法來對付它們。市麵上所謂的“感冒藥”隻不過是讓我們少流鼻涕、少咳嗽,真正治愈感冒的隻有我們...
評分記得之前玩文明5,一個文明建立的標誌不是文字的發明、甚至不是農業,而是那一群人在一個地方開始定居,建立自己的城市,纔算是誕生瞭一個新的文明。 其實農業與城市是共生的,但並不是充分必要條件。 加泰土丘的人們聚集在一起超過一韆年。他們一起務農,産齣非常好...
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