A History of Future Cities

CONTENTS

Author’s Note

Introduction: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: AN ORIENTATION

1 NEW AMSTERDAM

St. Petersburg, 1703-1825

2 SHANGHAI RACE CLUB

Shanghai, 1842-1911

3 URBS PRIMA IN INDIS

Bombay, 1857-1896

4 CITY ON SPILT BLOOD

St. Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad, 1825-1934

Shanghai, 1911-1937

6 THE CITY UNDER PROGRESS’S FEET

Bombay, 1896-1947

7 CLOSING THREE WINDOWS AND OPENING A FOURTH

I: THE TWO-FRONT WAR

Leningrad, 1934-1985

II: THE DARK AGES

Shanghai, 1937-1989

III: LICENSE-PERMIT RAJ

Bombay, 1947-1991

IV: THE CITY AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

8 FROM PERESTROIKA TO PETROLGRAD

Leningrad, 1985-St. Petersburg, Present

9 THE HEAD OF THE DRAGON

Shanghai, 1989-Present

10 SLUMDOGS AND MILLIONAIRES

Bombay, 1991-Mumbai, Present

11 DUBAI INC. PROUDLY PRESENTS THE INTERNATIONAL CITY™

Dubai, 1981-Present

Conclusion: GLIMPSES OF UTOPIA

Coda: FROM WINDOWS ON THE WEST TO WINDOWS OF THE WORLD

Acknowledgments

Bibliographic Note

Praise for A History of Future Cities

Also by Daniel Brook

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