Table of Contents

Acknowledgements x

List of Illustrations xii

Introduction. The Limits of the Known Universe, or, Cognitive Mapping Revisited 1

Part I The Aesthetics of the Economy 27

Prologue: What Does the Spectacle Look Like? 28

Chapter 1 Capitalism and Panorama 33

Chapter 2 Seeing Socialism 78

Part II Cities and Crises 101

Prologue: Slums and Plows 102

Chapter 3 Werewolf Hunger (New York, 1970s) 105

Chapter 4 Baltimore as World and Representation {The Wire, 2002-2008) 137

Chapter 5 Filming the Crisis (2008-) 157

Part III Monsieur Le Capital and Madame La Terre 185

Prologue: Cargo Cult 186

Chapter 6 The Art of Logistics 190

Chapter 7 Landscapes of Dead Labour 218

Conclusion 237

Notes 243