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020 _a9780521468411
082 _a307.76
_bDEN
100 _aDennis, Richard
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245 _aCities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930
260 _aDelhi
_bCambridge University Press
_c2008
300 _axvii,436,iip.
505 _aContents List of illustrations ix List of tables xii Preface xiii A note on vocabulary and units of measurement page xvii 1 Building bridges 1 2 The idea of progress 29 3 Surveying the city 52 4 Writing and picturing the city 80 5 Improving streets 113 6 Public spaces- practised places 144 7 Building suburbia 179 8 Consuming suburbia 206 9 Mansion flats and model dwellings 224 10 Geographies of downtown: office spaces 263 11 Geographies of downtown: the place of shopping 296 12 Networked cities 322 Notes 351 Bibliography 401 Index 425
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890 _aIndia
891 _aGeneral
942 _2ddc