Theorizing the City The New Urban Anthropology Reader

Name: Theorizing the City The New Urban Anthropology Reader
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ISBN: 9780813527208

ISBN-10: 0813527201

ISBN-13: 9780813527208

Edition: 1999

Authors: Setha M. Low

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This text presents 12 cross-cultural case studies, written from an anthropological perspective, focussing on the analysis of space and place. They present theory and research on urban poverty, racism, globalisation, and architecture.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 11/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Acknowledgments and Permissions


Introduction. Theorizing the City




The Divided City



The Changing Significance of Race and Class in an African American Community




Creating Family Forms: The Exclusion of Men and Teenage Boys from Families in the New York City Shelter System, 1987-1991




Fortified Enclaves: The New Urban Segregation




The Contested City



Spatializing Culture: The Social Production and Social Construction of Public Space in Costa Rica




Landscape and Power in Vienna: Gardens of Discovery




The Global City



Personal Relations and Divergent Economies: A Case Study of Hong Kong Investment in South China




Wholesale Sushi: Culture and Commodity in Tokyo's Tsukiji Market




The Modernist City



The Modernist City and the Death of the Street




The Power of Space in the Evolution of an Accra Zongo




The Postmodern City



Making Place in the Nonplace Urban Realm: Notes on the Revitalization of Downtown Atlanta




Discourses of the City: Policy and Response in Post-Transitional Barcelona




Spatial Discourses and Social Boundaries: Re-imagining the Toronto Waterfront



Biographical Notes


Index