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100			_aBrook, Daniel _964227
245			_aHistory of future cities
260			_aNew York _bW. W. Norton & Company _c2014
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505			_aCONTENTS Author’s Note xi Maps xii Introduction: the twenty-first century : an orientation 1 1.New Amsterdam 13 St. Petersburg, 1703-1825 2. Shanghai race club 53 Shanghai, 1842-1911 3. Urbs prima in Indis 91 Bombay, 1857-1896 4. City on spilt blood 127 St. Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad, 1825-1934 5. Great world 165 Shanghai, 1911-1937 6. The city under progress's feet 199 Bombay, 1896-1947 7. Closing three windows and opening a fourth 227 I : The two-front war 229 Leningrad, 1934-1985 II : The dark ages 239 Shanghai, 1937-1989 III : License-permit Raj 250 Bombay, 1947-1991 IV : The city at the center of the world 259 Dubai, to 1981 8. From perestroika to Petrolgrad 269 Leningrad, 1985-St. Petersburg, present 9. The head of the dragon 295 Shanghai, 1979-present 10. Slumdogs and millionaires 325 Bombay 1991-Mumbai, present 11. Dubai, Inc. proudly presents the international cityTM 351 Dubai 1981-present Conclusion: glimpses of Utopia 381 Coda: from windows on the west to windows of the world 389 Acknowledgements 397 Bibliographic Note 401 Notes 403 Image Credits 429 Index 431
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