I have just started, or more specifically restarted, The City in History by Lewis Mumford. Written in 1961 the book is nearly 600 pages and chronicles the city from its Paleolithic origins to modern suburban culture. I’ve created a reading plan which will hopefully be slow enough to help me absorb and think about the material of the book, while hopefully not drawing it out too long so I never finish it. My goal is to have it finished in two weeks. Right now Mumford is talking about Hammurabi and the early formation of walled cities.
