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