@rw Your mention of history from below rather than from above reminded me of an amazing book I read last year called 'Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers' by Stephen Graham
@dajbelshaw thanks for the share. Looks like an interest text. So many aspects of life often go unobserved, nice when scholars delve into their mysteries.
@rw Your mention of history from below rather than from above reminded me of an amazing book I read last year called 'Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers' by Stephen Graham
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2524-vertical
It's human geography rather than sociology or history, but really helped change the way I think about the world.
(Verso in general is awesome and I recently joined their new monthly book club)