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A history of future cities /

Brook, Daniel.

A history of future cities /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A history of future cities /Daniel Brook.
Author:	Brook, Daniel.
Published:	New York :W. W. Norton,c2013.
Description:	xi, 457 p. :ill., maps ;25 cm.
Subject:	Cities and towns.
ISBN:	9780393078121 (hard) :

A history of future cities /
Brook, Daniel.

A history of future cities /Daniel Brook. - 1st ed. - New York :W. W. Norton,c2013. - xi, 457 p. :ill., maps ;25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-402) and index.

Author’s note -- Maps -- Introduction: the twenty-first century : an orientation -- New Amsterdam -- St. Petersburg, 1703-1825 -- Shanghai race club -- Shanghai, 1842-1911 -- Urbs prima in Indis -- Bombay, 1857-1896 -- City on spilt blood -- St. Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad, 1825-1934 -- Great world -- Shanghai, 1911-1937 -- The city under progress’s feet -- Bombay, 1896-1947 -- Closing three windows and opening a fourth -- The two-front war -- Leningrad, 1934-1985 -- The dark ages -- Shanghai, 1937-1989 -- License-permit Raj -- Bombay, 1947-1991 -- The city at the center of the world -- Dubai, to 1981 -- From perestroika to Petrolgrad -- Leningrad, 1985-St. Petersburg, present -- The head of the dragon -- Shanghai, 1979-present -- Slumdogs and millionaires -- Bombay 1991-Mumbai, present -- Dubai, Inc. proudly presents the international cityTM : Dubai 1981-present -- Conclusion: glimpses of utopia -- Coda: from windows on the west to windows of the world -- Notes -- Bibliographic note -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

ISBN: 9780393078121 (hard) :$27.95Subjects--Topical Terms:

208441
Cities and towns.

LC Class. No.: HT111 / .B76 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 307.76 / B871

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