| Description |
xiv, 477 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
City in the twenty-first century |
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City in the twenty-first century book series.
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| Contents |
The decline and rise of the New York economy / Matthew Drennan -- The changing ethnic/racial division of labor / Thomas Bailey, Roger Waldinger -- The informal economy / Saskia Sassen -- The public sector / Charles Brecher, Raymond Horton -- The geography of employment and residence in New York since 1950 / Richard Harris -- Upper professionals : a high command of commerce, culture, and civic regulation / Steven Brint -- Women clerical workers / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Stephen R. Duncombe -- The separation of mothers and children / Ida Susser -- Crime and the social fabric / Mercer Sullivan -- The structure of the media / Mitchell Moss, Sarah Ludwig -- Patterns of neighborhood change / Frank DeGiovanni, Lorraine Minnite -- The changing character of cummunity politics in New York City : 1968-1988 / Susan Fainstein, Norman Fainstein -- Political inequality / John Mollenkopf -- Poles apart : urban restructuring in New York and Los Angeles / Edward Soja -- A dual to New York? London in the 1980s / Ian Gordon, Michael Harloe -- Is New York a dual city? / Manuel Castells, John Mollenkopf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-439) and indexes |
| SUBJECT |
New York (N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007751 -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116328
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| Author |
Castells, Manuel, 1942-
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Mollenkopf, John H., 1946-
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| LC no. |
90046448 |
| ISBN |
087154606X |
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0871546086 |
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