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Will Great Cities Survive?
For the first time in human history, a majority of the earth’s population lives in cities. But though great cities have been among humanity’s supreme achievements down through the ages, they now face an uncertain future, threatened by forces that could undermine the very things that have made them great.
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Joel Kotkin is an Irvine Fellow at the New America Foundation and a CUNY/ Newman Institute Urban Fellow at Baruch College in New York City. He is the author of several books, including The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape (2000). This essay is drawn from his new book, The City: A Global History. Copyright © 2005 by Joel Kotkin. Published by arrangement with Modern Library, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
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Music Without Magic
We expect nothing less from music than that it give meaning to our lives. And for centuries, Western classical music did just that. But in the 20th century many composers turned in a new and less satisfying direction, and it’s unclear whether music will ever regain what was lost.Sifting Dresden's Ashes
Sixty years after the Allies’ bombing of Dresden enveloped the city in flames, controversy persists over whether the attack was militarily justified or morally indefensible. But another question, no less crucial, is seldom asked: Did wartime conditions allow military leaders to look away as they violated their own principles?Starting Over
America’s once-mighty news media institutions are in decline, with network news shows losing viewers and newspapers suffering steep drops in circulation. They have lost prestige and much of the public’s trust. Is the era of Big Media over?
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Urban and rural lifestyles
Urban and rural lifestyles are often opposed to each other. At first glance, the villagers - more traditional, therefore, closer to the roots, hence, more religious. In turn, the citizen-oriented progress to constant change, nothing permanent in his life has no place. Is it always so?
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