Introduction : civicism
Jerusalem : the city of religion
Montreal : the city of language(s)
Singapore : the city of nation building
Hong kong : the city of materialism
Beijing : the city of political power
Oxford : the city of learning
Berlin : the city of (in)tolerance
Paris : the city of romance
New York : the city of ambition.
The spirit of cities : why the identity of a city matters in a global age by Daniel Bell. ISBN 9780691151441. Published by Princeton University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.