by Arnold Joseph Toynbee · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420692531
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«Ciudades en marcha» is the historical essay by Arnold J. Toynbee, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (286 pages, in Spanish).
Toynbee analyzes the evolution of cities throughout history and shows how they have been centers of innovation, commerce and culture, but also spaces of conflict and inequality. The essay covers different eras and civilizations to explain the role of urban centers in shaping societies.
It is number 53 in the Biblioteca Fundamental de Nuestro Tiempo collection, in the 1984 edition published with the Club Internacional del Libro.
A work of interest for readers of social and cultural history and for those studying the urban phenomenon.
Arnold Joseph Toynbee was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London. From 1918 to 1950, Toynbee was considered a leading specialist on international affairs; from 1929 to 1956 he was the Director of Studies at Chatham House, in which position he also produced 34 volumes of the Survey of International Affairs, a "bible" for international specialists in Britain.
