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Holston, James, ed. Cities and Citzenship. Duke University Press, 1998. A prize-winning collection that underscores the importance of cities in the making of modern citizens.

Jacobs, Jane. Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life. Random House, 1984. Argues that cities are better models than national economies for understanding economic life.

Jacobs, Jane. The Economy of Cities. Random House, 1969. A classic work on cities, their economic development, what makes them rich, and what makes them poor.

Kostof, Spiro. The City Assembled: The Elements of Urban Form through History. Little, Brown, 1992, 1999. A unique study of urban landscape and process.

Kostof, Spiro. The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History. Little, Brown, Thames & Hudson, 1992. 1999. Architectural history of cities.

Mumford, Lewis. The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. Classic study of the history of cities.

Safdie, Moshe. The City after the Automobile: An Architect's Vision. Stoddart, 1997. Discusses the problems of automobile congestion in cities.

Sennett, Richard. Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization. Norton, 1994. Explores the link between the physical self and the shape of cities.

Tung, Anthony. Preserving the World's Great Cities: The Destruction and Renewal of the Historic Metropolis. Crown, 2001. How the devastating legacy of war, economics, and indifference has imperiled the world's architectural and cultural heritage.

For younger readers

Kurian, George. World Encyclopedia of Cities. ABC-CLIO, 1993. Basic data, for readers in grades 7 and up.

MacDonald, Fiona. Cities: Citizens & Civilizations. Franklin Watts, 1992, 1996. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Ness, Immanuel. Encyclopedia of World Cities. 2 vols. Sharpe Reference, 1998. Information on 132 cities. For readers in grades 6 and up.

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