Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Posted: Socialism, Modernity, State -- 2. Constructing Difference: Western versus Non-Western, Capitalist versus Socialist Urban Logic -- 3. "He That Hath to Him Shall Be Given": Inequalities of Housing Privatization -- 4. Inner City Doubly Renewed: Global Phenomenon, Local Accents -- 5. Assembling the Square: Social Transformation in Public Space and the Broken Mirage of the Second Economy -- 6. Globalizing Art and Consumption: Art Movies and Shopping Malls -- 7. Urban Texture Unraveling: Fragmentation of the City -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Models of Housing Privatization -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.