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001 2012045556
003 DLC
005 20141119081945.0
008 121207s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012045556
020 $a9780393078121 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHT111$b.B76 2013
082 00 $a307.76$223
100 1 $aBrook, Daniel.
245 12 $aA history of future cities /$cDaniel Brook.
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bW. W. Norton & Company,$c[2013]
300 $a457 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 401-402) and index.
505 0 $aAuthor'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.
650 0 $aCities and towns.
650 0 $aCities and towns$xGrowth.