Seeing Cities Change demonstrates the utility of a visual approach and the study of ordinary streetscapes to document and analyze how the built environment reflects the changing cultural and class identities of neighborhood residents. Discussing the manner in which these changes relate to issues of local and national identities and multiculturalism, it presents studies of various cities on both sides of The Atlantic to show how global forces and the competition between urban residents in 'contested terrains' is changing the faces of cities across the globe.
Seeing Cities Change demonstrates the utility of a visual approach and the study of ordinary streetscapes to document and analyze how the built environment reflects the changing cultural and class identities of neighborhood residents. Discussing the manner in which these changes relate to issues of local and national identities and multiculturalism, it presents studies of various cities on both sides of The Atlantic to show how global forces and the competition between urban residents in 'contested terrains' is changing the faces of cities across the globe.
Jerome Krase is Murray Koppelman Professor and Professor Emeritus at Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, and author of Self and Community in the City, co-author of Ethnicity and Machine Politics, and co-editor of Race and Ethnicity in New York City, The Melting Pot and Beyond, and Ethnic Landscapes in an Urban World.
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Introduction 1: Seeing Diversity in New York City 2: Seeing Little Italy Change 3: Chinatown: A Visual Approach to Ethnic Spectacles 4: Visualizing American Cities 5: Polish and Italian Landscapes 6: Seeing Ethnic Succession in Big Italy 7: Gentrification in Poland and Polonia 8: Seeing Community in a Multicultural Society Conclusion
Introduction 1: Seeing Diversity in New York City 2: Seeing Little Italy Change 3: Chinatown: A Visual Approach to Ethnic Spectacles 4: Visualizing American Cities 5: Polish and Italian Landscapes 6: Seeing Ethnic Succession in Big Italy 7: Gentrification in Poland and Polonia 8: Seeing Community in a Multicultural Society Conclusion
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