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The Invention of the Future

A History of Cities in the Modern World
  • Bruno Carvalho
2026
Princeton University Press

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Bruno Carvalho and his book, "The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World."
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The Urban Futures We Lost to the Automobile

How car-centric urbanism eclipsed the utopian transportation visions that once shaped urban imagination.
by Bruno Carvalho via Next City on January 29, 2026
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