Table of Contents
Author's Note xi
Maps xii
Introduction: The Twenty-First Century: An Orientation 1
1 New Amsterdam: St. Petersburg, 1703-1825 13
2 Shanghai Race Club: Shanghai, 1842-1911 53
3 Urbs Prima in Indis: Bombay, 1857-1896 91
4 City on Spilt Blood: St. Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad, 1825-1934 127
5 Great World: Shanghai, 1911-1937 165
6 The City Under Progress's Feet: Bombay, 1896-1947 199
7 Closing Three Windows and Opening a Fourth 227
I: The Two-Front War: Leningrad, 1934-1985 229
II: The Dark Ages: Shanghai, 1937-1989 239
III: License-Permit Raj: Bombay, 1947-1991 250
IV: The City at the Center of the World: Dubai, to 1981 259
8 From Perestroika to Petrolgrad: Leningrad, 1985-St. Petersburg, Present 269
9 The Head of the Dragon: Shanghai, 1989-Present 295
10 Slumdogs and Millionaires: Bombay, 1991-Mumbai, Present 325
11 Dubai Inc. Proudly Presents the International City™: Dubai, 1981-Present 351
Conclusion: Glimpses of Utopia 381
Coda: From Windows on the West to Windows of the World 389
Acknowledgments 397
Bibliographic Note 401
Notes 403
Linage Credits 429
Index 431