| Description |
xii, 433 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Theorizing the City / Setha M. Low -- Pt. I. The Divided City. 1. The Changing Significance of Race and Class in an African American Community / Steven Gregory. 2. Creating Family Forms: The Exclusion of Men and Teenage Boys from Families in the New York City Shelter System, 1987-1991 / Ida Susser. 3. Fortified Enclaves: The New Urban Segregation / Teresa P. R. Caldeira -- Pt. II. The Contested City. 4. Spatializing Culture: The Social Production and Social Construction of Public Space in Costa Rica / Setha M. Low. 5. Landscape and Power in Vienna: Gardens of Discovery / Robert Rotenberg -- Pt. III. The Global City. 6. Personal Relations and Divergent Economies: A Case Study of Hong Kong Investment in South China / Josephine Smart and Alan Smart. 7. Wholesale Sushi: Culture and Commodity in Tokyo's Tsukiji Market / Theodore C. Bestor -- Pt. IV. The Modernist City. 8. The Modernist City and the Death of the Street / James Holston |
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9. The Power of Space in the Evolution of an Accra Zongo / Deborah Pellow -- Pt. V. The Postmodern City. 10. Making Place in the Nonplace Urban Realm: Notes on the Revitalization of Downtown Atlanta / Charles Rutheiser. 11. Discourses of the City: Policy and Response in Post-Transitional Barcelona / Gary McDonogh. 12. Spatial Discourses and Social Boundaries: Re-imagining the Toronto Waterfront / Matthew Cooper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cities and towns.
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Sociology, Urban.
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Urban anthropology.
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| Author |
Low, Setha M.
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| LC no. |
99017712 |
| ISBN |
0813527198 (cased) |
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0813527201 (paperback) |
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