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245 14 a| The invention of the future :b| a history of cities in the modern world /c| Bruno Carvalho.;

264 1 a| Princeton, New Jersey :b| Princeton University Press,c| [2026];

300 a| xviii, 417 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-401) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- I. No city, no future? -- II. Making plans -- III. Under a warmer sky -- 1. In pursuit of the future (1750s-1790s) : Lisbon + Paris, London, St. Petersburg, Vila Rica, and more -- I. Earthquake and revolutions -- II. Inside the grid -- III. Secular utopia -- IV. Resonances -- 2. New worlds emerge (1790s-1840s) : New York + London, Washington, DC, Paris, Philadelphia, Salvador, and more -- I. Leaping ahead -- II. Outside the grid -- III. Gained illusions and slavery -- IV. Between Heaven and Hell -- 3. Everything seems possible (1850s-1880s) : Paris + New York, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Vienna, Boston, and more -- I. The spectacle of progress and its discontents -- II. Modernity as rupture and continuity -- III. Competing futures -- IV. Unplanned afterlives -- 4. Possibilities and limits (1870s-1910s) : Rio de Janeiro + Mexico City, New York, Chicago, Havana, and more -- I. Black streets, white masks -- II. Futures deferred -- III. How the other half lives -- IV. Haussmannization Americanizes -- V. Reinventions -- 5. The sky is not the limit (1900s-1940s) : Buenos Aires + Garden Cities, New York, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Paris Rome, and more -- I. The world of tomorrow -- II. Destructive torrents and explosions -- III. Futures in transit -- IV. The star of the south -- V. Divided we stand -- 6. After the future? (1940s onward) : Lagos + Brasília, Suburbia, Algiers, Dakar, the Pacific Rim, and more -- I. We were never modernist -- II. Which dreams are over? -- III. Endings and beginnings -- Epilogue -- I. Pedestrian futures -- II. Where can the future go?;

520 a| The Invention of the Future is a historical and analytical study of urban planning over the past three centuries. Bruno Carvalho examines visionary designs, technological innovations, and key urban transformations in cities worldwide, showing how imagined futures often diverged from reality. Through case studies--from post-earthquake Lisbon to Manhattan, Paris, Brasília, and African cities--the book explores continuity and change in urban development and considers lessons for sustainable, transit-oriented city planning in the twenty-first century.;

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650 0 a| Cities and townsx| History.=| ^A23077;

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The invention of the future : a history of cities in the modern world / Bruno Carvalho.

Author/creator	Carvalho, Bruno author.
Format	Book
Publication	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	xviii, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	City planning--History. Urbanization--History. Urban renewal--History. Cities and towns--History.

Contents	Introduction -- I. No city, no future? -- II. Making plans -- III. Under a warmer sky -- 1. In pursuit of the future (1750s-1790s) : Lisbon + Paris, London, St. Petersburg, Vila Rica, and more -- I. Earthquake and revolutions -- II. Inside the grid -- III. Secular utopia -- IV. Resonances -- 2. New worlds emerge (1790s-1840s) : New York + London, Washington, DC, Paris, Philadelphia, Salvador, and more -- I. Leaping ahead -- II. Outside the grid -- III. Gained illusions and slavery -- IV. Between Heaven and Hell -- 3. Everything seems possible (1850s-1880s) : Paris + New York, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Vienna, Boston, and more -- I. The spectacle of progress and its discontents -- II. Modernity as rupture and continuity -- III. Competing futures -- IV. Unplanned afterlives -- 4. Possibilities and limits (1870s-1910s) : Rio de Janeiro + Mexico City, New York, Chicago, Havana, and more -- I. Black streets, white masks -- II. Futures deferred -- III. How the other half lives -- IV. Haussmannization Americanizes -- V. Reinventions -- 5. The sky is not the limit (1900s-1940s) : Buenos Aires + Garden Cities, New York, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Paris Rome, and more -- I. The world of tomorrow -- II. Destructive torrents and explosions -- III. Futures in transit -- IV. The star of the south -- V. Divided we stand -- 6. After the future? (1940s onward) : Lagos + Brasília, Suburbia, Algiers, Dakar, the Pacific Rim, and more -- I. We were never modernist -- II. Which dreams are over? -- III. Endings and beginnings -- Epilogue -- I. Pedestrian futures -- II. Where can the future go?
Abstract	The Invention of the Future is a historical and analytical study of urban planning over the past three centuries. Bruno Carvalho examines visionary designs, technological innovations, and key urban transformations in cities worldwide, showing how imagined futures often diverged from reality. Through case studies--from post-earthquake Lisbon to Manhattan, Paris, Brasília, and African cities--the book explores continuity and change in urban development and considers lessons for sustainable, transit-oriented city planning in the twenty-first century.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-401) and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9780691246567
Genre/form	Informational works.
Genre/form	Documents d'information.
ISBN	0691246556 (hardcover)
ISBN	9780691246550 (hardcover)
ISBN	PDF ebook
Standard identifier#	CIPO000314401

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