Urban History

1.
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets 3.46 avg rating — 3,285 ratings
2.
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 4.03 avg rating — 1,432 ratings
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London Under London: A Subterranean Guide
London Under London: A Subterranean Guide 4.15 avg rating — 117 ratings
4.
A Prayer for the City
A Prayer for the City 4.22 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
5.
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape 4.05 avg rating — 4,483 ratings
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York 4.52 avg rating — 27,084 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,256 ratings
8.
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London 3.97 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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Dr Johnson's London
Dr Johnson's London 4.04 avg rating — 778 ratings
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Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights
Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights 4.10 avg rating — 726 ratings
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Life in a Medieval City
Life in a Medieval City 3.84 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America 4.17 avg rating — 11,143 ratings
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Housing a divided community
Housing a divided community really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London
The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London 4.01 avg rating — 1,762 ratings
13.
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles 4.21 avg rating — 4,680 ratings
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A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne 4.02 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Transporting Atlanta: The Mode of Mobility Under Construction (SUNY series in Urban Public Policy)
Transporting Atlanta: The Mode of Mobility Under Construction (SUNY series in Urban Public Policy) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Planning the City upon a Hill: Boston since 1630
Planning the City upon a Hill: Boston since 1630 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Melbourne (The City Series)
Melbourne (The City Series) 3.56 avg rating — 326 ratings
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Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed
Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed 4.50 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos 3.83 avg rating — 156 ratings
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Necropolis: London and Its Dead
Necropolis: London and Its Dead 3.78 avg rating — 2,213 ratings
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Imagineering Atlanta: The Politics of Place in the City of Dreams (Haymarket Series)
Imagineering Atlanta: The Politics of Place in the City of Dreams (Haymarket Series) 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions
Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions 3.75 avg rating — 268 ratings
24.
London's Dead: A Guided Tour of the capital's dead
London's Dead: A Guided Tour of the capital's dead 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution 4.21 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
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Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City
Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 705 ratings
28.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,445 ratings
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London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets
London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets 3.86 avg rating — 80 ratings
30.
The People's Republic of Chemicals
The People's Republic of Chemicals 4.09 avg rating — 56 ratings
30.
Seven Ages of Paris
Seven Ages of Paris 3.91 avg rating — 2,687 ratings
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City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran
City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran 3.95 avg rating — 3,121 ratings
33.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,308 ratings
33.
London: A Social History
London: A Social History 3.77 avg rating — 316 ratings
33.
Pompeii : The Living City
Pompeii : The Living City 3.90 avg rating — 305 ratings
36.
Underground Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube
Underground Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube 3.83 avg rating — 575 ratings
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Medieval London
Medieval London liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
36.
Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne
Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne 3.85 avg rating — 155 ratings
39.
The London Companion (A Think Book)
The London Companion (A Think Book) 3.57 avg rating — 44 ratings
39.
Adelaide
Adelaide 3.81 avg rating — 72 ratings
41.
Grandfather's London
Grandfather's London it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
41.
In Search of Hobart
In Search of Hobart 3.80 avg rating — 111 ratings
43.
Canberra
Canberra 3.62 avg rating — 109 ratings
44.
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
by: Dan Fagin
4.09 avg rating — 4,618 ratings
44.
Alice Springs
Alice Springs 3.61 avg rating — 61 ratings
46.
Bangkok Days
Bangkok Days 3.40 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
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Bangkok Babylon
Bangkok Babylon 3.36 avg rating — 192 ratings
48.
Brisbane (The City Series)
Brisbane (The City Series) 3.45 avg rating — 145 ratings
49.
Darwin
Darwin
by: Tess Lea
3.76 avg rating — 58 ratings
50.
Ravenmaster
Ravenmaster 4.04 avg rating — 5,895 ratings
51.
The Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont
The Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont 3.67 avg rating — 4,470 ratings
52.
Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames
Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames 4.14 avg rating — 5,393 ratings
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Rag and Bone: A Family History of What We've Thrown Away
Rag and Bone: A Family History of What We've Thrown Away 4.24 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Sydney (The City Series)
Sydney (The City Series) 3.62 avg rating — 151 ratings
55.
Adrift in Melbourne
Adrift in Melbourne 4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings
56.
In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn
In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn 4.46 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Oslo’s Melbourne: Illustrated Adventures in the World’s Most Tolerated City
Oslo’s Melbourne: Illustrated Adventures in the World’s Most Tolerated City 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Corners of Melbourne: The great orange-peel panic and other stories from the streets
Corners of Melbourne: The great orange-peel panic and other stories from the streets 3.87 avg rating — 47 ratings