Four Lost Cities

Secret History of the Urban Age

Four Lost Cities
Annalee Newitz
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Paperback
h211 x 140mm - 320pg
25 Feb 2022 US
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9780393882452
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Investigating across centuries and around the world, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient abandoned cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Catalhoeyuk in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy's southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia that stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today.In Four Lost Cities, Newitz blends an engaging account of their travels to all four sites with an exploration of cutting-edge research in archaeology-including new discoveries about who lived in these cities and the tools they used to create monuments that lasted millennia. The result is a thrilling journey into the urban past that reveals the mix of environmental changes, social transformation, and political turmoil that doomed ancient cities-and could be a sign of things to come.
"Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity." -- N. K. Jemisin, author of the Broken Earth trilogy and The City We Became
"In their fascinating book Four Lost Cities, Annalee Newitz journeys to a quartet of ancient ghost cities, asking not only why they once thrived but why they ultimately vanished. The result is a deeply insightful look at human culture everywhere: inventive, social, resilient, and hauntingly fragile." -- Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poison Squad
"Annalee Newitz is a brilliant writer with the heart of an archaeologist and the soul of a visionary. Four Lost Cities should open our eyes to all that may happen to our cities in the future. Vibrant and adventurous, this is a necessary book for turbulent times." -- Sarah Parcak, archaeologist and author of Archaeology from Space
"Cheerful, curious, amused, and amusing, Annalee Newitz is a fabulous tour guide through the latest archaeological perspectives on four of humankind's most remarkable urban experiments. Along the way, Newitz dispels myths, evokes fascinating stories-and makes us think hard about our own urban future." -- Charles Mann, author of 1491 and 1493
"Drawing on four examples from the ancient world, Annalee Newitz gives us clear-eyed insight into how cities never are truly lost; they just change with their times. Newitz takes readers on a journey that reveals as much about the future of cities as it does about our urban past. Beautifully written, Four Lost Cities tells a fascinating tale of disaster and resilience that is welcome in our uncertain era." -- Andrew Lawler, author of The Secret Token
Annalee Newitz, a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, is the founder of io9 and former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo. They are the author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, and the novels Autonomous and The Future of Another Timeline. Newitz is also the cohost of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. They live in San Francisco.
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ISBN-13: 9780393882452
Published: 25 Feb 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 211mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320

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