A History Of Future Cities

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1. jamestimminsMar 2019
   There's a good book called A History of Future cities that talks about historical examples of this. Although "success"is relative bc it was often the British forcing it on a country that was colonized.

   IIRC the cities discussed are St. Petersburg, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Dubai.

   The biggest takeaway is that this is a lot easier if you're an autocrat with an army.

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2. jamestimminsJul 2018
   There's an interesting book called A History of Future Cities that discusses this exact subject by looking at St. Petersburg, Bombay (Mumbai), Shanghai, and Dubai.

   https://www.amazon.com/History-Future-Cities-Daniel-Brook/dp...

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3. Paul_SNov 2016
   I'm happy to share.

   - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II"

   - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books III-IV"

   - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books V-VII"

   Even though these are genuinely the best books I've read this year and genuinely world-view altering that might be not what you're after. Here are 3 good books I'm happy to recommend instead:

   - "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945" by Tony Judt

   - "A History of Future Cities" by Daniel Brook

   - "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" by Carl Sagan

   (if you already read Pale Blue Dot which I appear to be late to the party on try "Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective" by Thomas Sowell)

   And if you're after fiction instead:

   - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera

   - "The Cunning Man" by Robertson Davies

   - "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

   That's a nice round 10 recommendations so let me have a bonus one for year 2015:

   - "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics"

   You will never read the news the same way.

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