This Element offers seven propositions toward a theory of 'Our Urban Planet' that is useful to global urban historians. I argue that historians have much to off

This Element offers seven propositions toward a theory of 'Our Urban Planet' that is useful to global urban historians. I argue that historians have much to off

Capitalist private property in land and buildings – real estate – is the ground of modern cities, materially, politically, and economically. It is foundatio

A panoramic study of our Urban Planet that takes readers on a six-continent, six-millennia tour of the world's cities.

Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our unde