Remaking New York : Primitive Globalization and the Politics of Urban Community.
Title:
Remaking New York : Primitive Globalization and the Politics of Urban Community.
Author:
Sites, William.
ISBN:
9780816694839
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Series:
Globalization and Community
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Globalism and the City -- 1. Primitive Globalization? State, Economy, and Urban Development -- 2. Building an Urban Neoliberalism: The Long Rebirth of New York -- 3. Public Action: Gentrification and the Lower East Side -- 4. Urban Movements, Local Control: Fighting over the Neighborhood -- 5. Beyond Primitive Globalization: Policy, Activism, and the Metropolis -- Postscript: Rebuilding after 9/11 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
William Sites proposes a new perspective on politics, globalization, and the city through the concept of primitive globalization, identifying a pattern of reactive politics that facilitates a damaging type of international integration. Sites examines the.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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