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Tables of Contents for Fables of Modernity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction The Cultural Fable, the Experience of Modernity, and the Paradigm of Difference
1
18
PART I : EXPANSION
The Metropolis: The Fable of the City Sewer
19
34
Imperial Fate: The Fable of Torrents and Oceans
53
42
PART II : EXCHANGE
Finance: The Fable of Lady Credit
95
38
Capitalism: Fables of a New World
133
44
PART III : ALTERITY
Spectacles of Cultural Contact: The Fable of the Native Prince
177
44
The Orangutang, the Lap Dog, and the Parrot: The Fable of the Nonhuman Being
221
46
Index
267