INDEX

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS x
3. PREFACE xii
4. THE CITY AS LUXURY
5. 1. Urban Virtue and Urban Beauty 3
6. THE CITY AS MONUMENT
7. 2. The Monumental Impulse 9
8. 3. The Remaking of London 12
9. 4. The New Paris 35
10. 5. The Vienna of Franz Joseph 58
11. 6. The Process of Urban Embellishment 82
12. THE CITY AS HOME
13. 7. The Building and the Dwelling 89
14. 8. Inside the Dwelling 101
15. 9. Social Geography 132
16. 10. Villa Suburbia 159
17. 11. Working-class Housing: Scarcity, Abundance, and Domestic Values 178
18. THE CITY AS PLAYGROUND
19. 12. London: Hidden Pleasures 189
20. 13. Paris: The Garden and the Street 210
21. 14. Vienna: Display and Self-Representation 235
22. THE CITY AS DOCUMENT
23. 15. Architecture as Historical Evidence 251
24. 16. The Beautiful 254
25. 17. Architecture as Language: Representation and Instruction 281
26. 18. The City as the Embodiment of History 295
27. NOTES 313
28. BIBLIOGRAPHY 329
29. INDEX 337