Benjamin Heim Shepard, Gregory Smithsimon

The Beach Beneath the Streets

Contesting New York City's Public Spaces

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines New York City as a paradigmatic example of the tensions between privatization and public uses of space in the contemporary U.S.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781438436203
• ISBN-10: 1438436203
• Artikelnr.: 32921063

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Shepard is Assistant Professor of Human Services at New York City College of Technology, CUNY. He is the author or editor of several books, including White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of the San Francisco AIDS Empidemic, and From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization. Gregory Smithsimon is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College, CUNY.