Isbn: 9780393078121 - a history of future cities (34 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world ?instant cities? like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never seen. Do these fantastical boomtowns, where blueprints spring to life overnight on virgin land, represent the dawning of a brave new world? Or is their vaunted newness a mirage? In a captivating blend of history and reportage, Daniel Brook travels to a series of major metropolitan hubs that were once themselves instant cities? St. Petersburg, Shanghai, and Mumbai?to watch their ?dress rehearsals for the twenty-first century.? Understanding today?s emerging global order, he argues, requires comprehending the West?s profound and conflicted influence on developing-world cities over the centuries. In 1703, Tsar Peter the Great personally oversaw the construction of a new Russian capital, a ?window on the West? carefully modeled on Amsterdam, that he believed would wrench Russia into the modern world. In the nineteenth century, Shanghai became the fastest-growing city on earth as it mushroomed into an English-speaking, Western-looking metropolis that just happened to be in the Far East. Meanwhile, Bombay, the cosmopolitan hub of the British Raj, morphed into a tropical London at the hands of its pith-helmeted imperialists. Juxtaposing the stories of the architects and authoritarians, the artists and revolutionaries who seized the reins to transform each of these precociously modern places into avatars of the global future, Brook demonstrates that the drive for modernization was initially conflated with wholesale Westernization. He shows, too, the ambiguous legacy of that emulation?the birth (and rebirth) of Chinese capitalism in Shanghai, the origins of Bollywood in Bombay?s American-style movie palaces, the combustible mix of revolutionary culture and politics that rocked the Russian capital?and how it may be transcended today. A fascinating, vivid look from the past out toward the horizon, A History of Future Cities is both a crucial reminder of globalization?s long march and an inspiring look into the possibilities of our Asian Century.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 457 pages ; 25 cm. Summary; An exploration of four cities that reflect a blend of Eastern and Western cultures traces the historical threads connecting St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai while discussing their conflicted embrace of modernity. Subject; Cities and towns. 1 Kg.…

Cloth. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First Edition, First Printing. An exploration of four cities that reflect a blend of Eastern and Western cultures traces the historical threads connecting St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai while discussing their conflicted embrace of modernity. 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, clean and unmarked, quite fresh. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. NOT a remainder. Unpacked weight, 802g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additional, or reduced postage may be required, particularly for particularly for heavier books for shipment to Canada and Overseas, but not usually to the USA. Questions? Quotes? Images? - please email. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 457 pages ; 25 cm. Summary; An exploration of four cities that reflect a blend of Eastern and Western cultures traces the historical threads connecting St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai while discussing their conflicted embrace of modernity. Subject; Cities and towns. 1 Kg.…

8vo. 457pp. black abd white illustrations. A near fine hardback copy in like dust jacket.

hardcover. Zustand: New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Original grey boards, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 8vo.