1913: in search of the world before the Great War

Centre of the universe. London : world city ; Paris : the eternal, the universal ; Berlin : powerhouse ; Rome : the Pope's aeroplane ; Vienna : shadows and light ; St. Petersburg : Eastern colossus

The old New World. Washington, DC : republic, nation, empire ; New York : metropolis ; Detroit : a model future ; Los Angeles : boom! ; Mexico City : Monroe's bequest

The world beyond. Winnipeg-Melbourne : Britain abroad ; Buenos Aires : Southern star ; Algiers : the radiance of the republic ; Bombay-Durban : tapestry of empire ; Tehran: under foreign eyes ; Jerusalem : Zion and its discontents

Twilight powers. Constantinople : tides of history ; Peking-Shanghai : waking slumber ; Tokyo : rising sun ; London : beyond the horizon

The afterlife of 1913.