Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1. State Projects of Legibility and Simplification
6. Chapter 1. Nature and Space 11
7. Chapter 2. Cities, People, and Language 53
8. Part 2. Transforming Visions
9. Chapter 3. Authoritarian High Modernism 87
10. Chapter 4. The High-Modernist City: An Experiment and a Critique 103
11. Chapter 5. The Revolutionary Party: A Plan and a Diagnosis 147
12. Part 3. The Social Engineering of Rural Settlement and Production
13. Chapter 6. Soviet Collectivization, Capitalist Dream 193
14. Chapter 7. Compulsory Villagization in Tanzania: Aesthetics and Miniaturization 223
15. Chapter 8. Taming Nature: An Agriculture of Legibility and Simplicity 262
16. Part 4. The Missing Link
17. Chapter 9. Thin Simplifications and Practical Knowledge: Metis 309
18. Chapter 10. Conclusion 342
19. Notes 359
20. Sources for Illustrations 433
21. Index 435