INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Serious, mightily researched, lofty and humane … a game changer; it should certainly be a policy changer."
— The New York Times

"This may be the best popular book on cities since Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities."
— The Guardian

"A remarkable achievement."
— Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister

"Ranks as one of the year's most engaging and important works … a powerful corrective in an era of challenged nation-states."
— The Independent

"A powerful work."
— The Evening Standard

"Saunders' anecdotes and vignettes cohere into a persuasive whole … A highly readable book."
— Financial Times

"An indispensable guide to the hidden story of our century."
— The Economist

One of FP's 20 Best Books Ever Winner of Schelling Prize for Architectural Theory, Donner Prize,

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