Re-presenting the city : ethnicity, capital, and culture in the 21st-century metropolis / edited by Anthony D. King.

Other author King, Anthony D.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, 1996.
Descriptionix, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Variant title Representing the city
Contents Introduction : cities, texts and paradigms / Anthony D. King -- Rebuilding the global city : economy, ethnicity and space / Saskia Sassen -- Space and symbols in an age of decline / Sharon Zukin -- Return to the future : Puerto Rican vernacular architecture in New York City / Joseph Sciorra -- After Tompkins Square Park : degentrification and the revanchist city / Neil Smith -- Bypassing New York in re-presenting eko : production of space in a Nigerian city / Nkiru Nzegwu -- Exploring Colombo : the relevance of a knowledge of New York / Nihal Perera -- Mombasa : three stages towards globalization / Ali A. Mazrui -- The city which is not one / John Tagg -- Analytic borderlands : race, gender and representation in the New City / Saskia Sassen -- Silent itineraries : making places in architectural history / Greig Crysler -- A guide to urban representation and what to do about it : alternative traditions of urban theory / Rob Shields -- Me(trope)olis : or Hayden White among the the urbanists / James S. Duncan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95037010
ISBN0814746780 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814746799 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HT151 .R349 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold