1. The Business of the City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Selling Paris 1
4. 1. The Business of the City 22
5. 2. Seeing Like a Speculator 59
6. 3. The Problem of Property 98
7. 4. The Unceasing Marketplace 135
8. 5. Marketing the Metropolis 174
9. 6. Districts of the Future 217
10. Epilogue: Illicit Speculation and Impossible Markets 256
11. Appendix 269
12. Notes 273
13. Acknowledgments 345
14. Index 349