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1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface xi
3. A Note on History xxi
4. A Note on Terminology xxxv
5. Acknowledgments xxxix
6. Preamble 1
7. 1. The Unitary View 5
8. 2. Foreign Visitors, Oscillations, and Extremes 27
9. 3. The Square View and the Outstretched Demoness 41
10. 4. The City, the Circle 61
11. 5. Monumental Statements and Street Plans 71
12. 6. From Concrete to Blue Glass 85
13. 7. The New Flamboyance and the Tibetan Palm Tree 97
14. 8. Mestizo: Two Narratives Converge 113
15. 9. The Multilayered Streets 123
16. Notes 129
17. Glossary 173
18. Index 207