This book explores the role of cities, their influence and the transformations they have undertaken in the recent past, the ways in which cities regenerate, how plans change, how they are governed and how they react to the economic realities of the day. Bringing together studies from around the world at different scales.

Examines urban spaces as locations of moral transgression, the use of schemes that impose power structures on residents and the feelings they inspire.

Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman administration's decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War.