In this provocative and thought-provoking work, Peterson challenges the notion that cities are natural and normal environments for human beings. He argues that cities and urbanization have been imposed on people through centuries of human history, and that they have resulted in myriad social, psychological, and environmental problems. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary research and scholarship, Peterson paints a vivid and unsettling picture of the human costs of urban living.

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