The new Chicago : a social and cultural analysis / edited by John P. Koval ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koval, John P. (John Patrick), 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Illinois--Chicago.

City planning.

Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago.

Immigrants.

Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For generations, visitors, journalists, and social scientists alike have asserted that Chicago is the quintessentially American city. Indeed, the introduction to The New Chicago reminds us that ""to know America, you must know Chicago."" The contributors boldly announce the demise of the city of broad shoulders and the transformation of its physical, social, cultural, and economic institutions into a new Chicago. In this wide-ranging book, twenty scholars, journalists, and activists, relying on data from the 2000 census and many years of direct experience with the city, identify

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1. An Overview and Point of View; Part II: Converging Forces; 2. Globalization and the Remaking of Chicago; 3. Economic Restructuring: Chicago's Precarious Balance; 4. Chicago's New Politics of Growth; 5. The Physical Transformation of Metropolitan Chicago; Chicago's Central Area; The Emergent Suburban Landscape; 6. Race Relations Chicago Style: Past, Present, and Future; Part III: The Immigrant Presence; 7. Chicago: The Immigrant Capital of the Heartland; 8. Latinos of the New Chicago; 9. New Chicago Polonia: Urban and Suburban

10. Asian Indians in Chicago 11. Re-Visioning Filipino American Communities: Evolving Identities, Issues, and Organizations; 12. The Korean Presence in Chicago; 13. Chicago's Chinese Americans: From Chinatown and Beyond; 14. Immigrants from the Arab World; 15. Immigrants at Work; Part IV: Contested Reinvention and Civic Agency: Ten Case Studies; 16. The Rebirth of Bronzeville: Contested Space and Contrasting Visions; 17. Devon Avenue: A World Market; 18. The Affordable Housing Crisis in the Chicago Region

19. Back to Its Roots: The Industrial Areas Foundation and United Power for Action and Justice 20. Chicago School Reform: Advancing the Global City Agenda; 21. Police and the Globalizing City: Innovation and Contested Reinvention; 22. Transforming Public Housing; 23. Regionalism in a Historically Divided Metropolis; 24. Coalition Politics at America's Premier Transportation Hub; 25. Urban Beautification: The Construction of a New Identity in Chicago; Part V: Conclusion; 26. Learning from Chicago; References; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-339) and index.

ISBN:

9781592137725

1592137725

OCLC:

568211951