Entrée principale:

Brook, Daniel.

Titre et auteur:

A history of future cities / Daniel Brook.

Édition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]

Description:

457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 Petrolograd -- 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.
Dust jacket.

Résumé:

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.

ISBN:

9780393078121 (hardcover)
0393078124 (hardcover)
0393348865 (paperback)
9780393348866 (paperback)

Sujet:

Cities and towns.
Cities and towns Growth.
Cities
Villes.
Villes Croissance.
cities.
74.72 urban planning.
15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general.
Städtebau
Stadtentwicklung
Stadsplanning.
Städer.
Städer tillväxt.
Amsterdam
Sankt Petersburg
Schanghai
Bombay
Dubai
Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Shanghai (China)
Mumbai (India)
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Classification/genre:

Geschiedenis (vorm)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 282259
Cote: BIB 219609
Statut: Disponible