Welcome to the Urban Revolution
Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World
by Jeb Brugmann
–Reviewed by Jodie Liu
If it’s difficult to imagine the French Revolution without Paris, or the American Revolution without Boston, then it’s easy to see how the term “revolution” can be applied to the urbanization phenomenon.
But Jeb Brugmann’s interest in cities doesn’t lie in how they give rise to ideological upheavals. In Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities Are Changing the World, Brugmann describes the rich character of urban life and analyzes the social implications of growth …
