Princeton Initiative Forum on the Urban Environment

“The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World”
Author Bruno Carvalho in conversation with William Gleason

For the past three centuries, urban dwellers and planners have imagined future cities that would be radically different from those of the past. Yet, as Bruno Carvalho shows in this original and wide-ranging history, modern cities continuously defy predictions. A compelling history of imagined futures and the transformation of urban life, “The Invention of the Future” suggests what we might learn from the stories of our cities as we shape them for the twenty-first century.