New Cities YCombinator Research readings
Lewis Mumford. "The City in History" (1961; based on The Culture of Cities, 1938).
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/City-History-Origins-Transformations-Prospects/dp/0156180359.
Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_in_History.
see also: Mumford, "What is a City?" article in Architectural Record, 1937. http://www.contemporaryurbananthropology.com/pdfs/Mumford,%20What%20is%20a%20City_.pdf