Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: The Cultural Fable, the Experience of Modernity, and the Paradigm of Difference 1
6. PART I: EXPANSION
7. CHAPTER 1. The Metropolis: The Fable of the City Sewer 19
8. CHAPTER 2. Imperial Fate: The Fable of Torrents and Oceans 53
9. PART II: EXCHANGE
10. CHAPTER 3. Finance: The Fable of Lady Credit 95
11. CHAPTER 4. Capitalism: Fables of a New World 133
12. PART III: ALTERITY
13. CHAPTER 5. Spectacles of Cultural Contact: The Fable of the Native Prince 177
14. CHAPTER 6. The Orangutang, the Lap Dog, and the Parrot: The Fable of the Nonhuman Being 221
15. Index 267