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245 00 a| Global downtowns /c| edited by Marina Peterson and Gary W. McDonogh.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| Philadelphia :b| University of Pennsylvania Press,c| 2012.;

300 a| vii, 360 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| The city in the twenty-first century;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-343) and index.;

505 00 g| Introduction:t| Globalizing downtown /r| Gary W. McDonogh and Marina Peterson --t| Toward a genealogy of downtowns /r| Robert Rotenberg --t| From Peking to Beijing: production of centrality in the global age /r| Xuefei Ren --t| Simulations of Barcelona: urban projects in port spaces (1981-2002) /r| Francesc Magrinyà and Gaspar Maza --t| Urbanist ideology and the production of space in the United Arab Emirates: an anthropological critique /r| Ahmed Kanna --t| Reaching for Dubai: Nashville dreams of a twenty-first-century skyline /r| Richard Lloyd and Brian D. Christens --t| From national utopia to elite enclave: "economic realities" and resistance in the reconstruction of Beirut /r| Najib Hourani --t| When the film festival comes to (down)town: transnational circuits, tourism, and the urban economy of images /r| William Cunningham Bissell --t| The future of the past: world heritage, national identity, and urban centrality in late socialist Cuba /r| Matthew J. Hill --t| Utopia/dystopia: art and downtown development in Los Angeles /r| Marina Peterson --t| "Slum-free Mumbai" and other entrepreneurial strategies in the making of Mumbai's global downtown /r| Liza Weinstein --t| Downtown as brand, downtown as land: urban elites and neoliberal development in contemporary New York City /r| Julian Brash --t| Beside downtown: global Chinatowns /r| Gary W. McDonogh and Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong.;

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Global downtowns / edited by Marina Peterson and Gary W. McDonogh.

Other author	McDonogh, Gary W.
Other author	Peterson, Marina.
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.
Description	vii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects	City planning--20th century. Central business districts. Urban anthropology. Culture and globalization.

Series	The city in the twenty-first century City in the twenty-first century book series. ^A273939
Contents	Introduction: Globalizing downtown / Gary W. McDonogh and Marina Peterson -- Toward a genealogy of downtowns / Robert Rotenberg -- From Peking to Beijing: production of centrality in the global age / Xuefei Ren -- Simulations of Barcelona: urban projects in port spaces (1981-2002) / Francesc Magrinyà and Gaspar Maza -- Urbanist ideology and the production of space in the United Arab Emirates: an anthropological critique / Ahmed Kanna -- Reaching for Dubai: Nashville dreams of a twenty-first-century skyline / Richard Lloyd and Brian D. Christens -- From national utopia to elite enclave: "economic realities" and resistance in the reconstruction of Beirut / Najib Hourani -- When the film festival comes to (down)town: transnational circuits, tourism, and the urban economy of images / William Cunningham Bissell -- The future of the past: world heritage, national identity, and urban centrality in late socialist Cuba / Matthew J. Hill -- Utopia/dystopia: art and downtown development in Los Angeles / Marina Peterson -- "Slum-free Mumbai" and other entrepreneurial strategies in the making of Mumbai's global downtown / Liza Weinstein -- Downtown as brand, downtown as land: urban elites and neoliberal development in contemporary New York City / Julian Brash -- Beside downtown: global Chinatowns / Gary W. McDonogh and Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-343) and index.
LCCN	2011024487
ISBN	9780812243840 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0812243846 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Global downtowns / edited by Marina Peterson and Gary W. McDonogh.

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