OTS, te Pa, Algo, Os ONS ARN Sinton oan USA an Ca Baud A, Now Yor, NY 1016 alae i of Pa &Po Roetncnt ie Saaiiheme Asghar No profi ma be pen ‘Bermeang non trun rhea ies ag oor andere crt ay stro ‘a, nat prs wa om ee ‘Reauioges ond ts boot woah om the Bish Libary yf Gans aaa Pn ih (Qnein sin ose MCtecandtees 2 Soule Ce. 1 Se Nin oaiswaet RANSOM ae sale Contents List of lasraions Prefce Adknoledgements Introd tion: post-colonatising urban studies 1 Dislocating modernity 2 Remaginin the city through comparative urbaniss: on (oo) Being blast 3 Ways of ting modern: towards cosmopolitan urban stues 4 World cities ora word of ondinary sities? Bringing th city back in: beyond developmental and slobalsation 6 City tures urban policy Fr ondary ites Conclusion Notes Biography Indes a s os 116 at 167 m4 Isl 1Preface 1 ike to begin this book inthe ity think oF as home, Durban in South ‘fsca, The cover mage andthe image reproduced below are the work of “Tito Zungu who lived much of his life there, although he grew up aed spent his oe agen remot setlrent a couple of hour ousie of the eit. He ‘worked a2 migrant abourer in dairy ad then as a domestic worker inthe sghbourhood in whic I grew up hi ptres ll eatoren sek aeroplane, hen Ming overs eiyscape 1 vas Halfway trough this book when on & th tock to Dithan, one of his drawings capt my eye Tt vas hanging ih 4 museum beticr know fr is colton of older fs andar, and Twas Struck by the excitement the ats so obviously demonsteate forthe hyper ‘oder. Leaning hie about Tito Zungu’s background enly inspired me "tors Most of his drawings were on envclpes sn the image Blo, Which he docoratad for miarant workers who ike hinsel, were kacpng i touch ‘with their fies and fiends in thr ome places Late in if, when bis ‘work ws supported by oe ately and euro, hed some larger ‘ommirsioned poses, one of which the cover mage ofthis hook, Although in io in the ity was spent in modest Grournstanes eeumseribd By the ee Unive of Koa Za-Nata,