Preface: Claudio Minca (University of Venice). 1. The Post Modern Turn: Michael Dear (University of Southern California). Part I: Cities: 2. Exploring the Postmetropolis: Edward W. Soja (University of California, Los Angeles). 3. Postmodern Geographical Praxis? Postmodern Impulse and the War against Homeless People in the "Post-Justice" City: Don Mitchell (Syracuse University).

4. Hiding the Target: Social Reproduction in the Privatized Urban Environment: Cindi Katz (City University of New York). Part II: Scales: 5. Shifting Cities: Giuseppe Dematteis (University of Torino). 6. Adventures of a Barong: A Worm's-Eye View of Global Formation: Steven Flusty (University of Southern California). 7. Rescaling Politics: Geography, Globalism and the New Urbanism: Neil Smith (Rutgers University).

Part III: Mappings: 8. Millenial Geographics: Denis Cosgrove (Royal Holloway College, University of London) and Luciana De Lima Martins (Royal Holloway College, University of London). 9. Postmodern Temptations: Claudio Minca (University of Venice). 10. Paradoxes of Modern and Postmodern Geography: Heterotopia of Landscape and Cartographic Logic: Vincenzo Guarrasi (University of Palermo). 11. Mapping the Global, or the Metaquantum Economics of Myth: Franco Farinelli (University of Bologna).

12. Washed in a Washing Machine'„¢: Gunnar Olsson (University of Uppsala). Afterword: Edward W. Soja (University of California, Los Angeles). Index.