Making cities global : the transnational turn in urban history / edited by A. K. Sandoval-Strausz and Nancy H. Kwak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sandoval-Strausz, A. K., editor.

Kwak, Nancy, 1973- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism--History--20th century--Case studies.

Transnationalism.

Urbanization--America--History--20th century--Case studies.

Urbanization.

Urbanization--India--History--20th century--Case studies.

Cities and towns--America--History--20th century--Case studies.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--India--History--20th century--Case studies.

Globalization--Political aspects--Case studies.

Globalization.

Globalization--Political aspects.

History.

America.

India.

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

340 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Summary:

In recent decades, hundreds of millions of people across the world have moved from rural areas to metropolitan regions, some of them crossing national borders on the way. While urbanization and globalization are proceeding with an intensity that seems unprecedented, these are only the most recent iterations of long-term transformations-cities have for centuries served as vital points of contact between different peoples, economies, and cultures. Making Cities Global explores the intertwined development of urbanization and globalization using a historical approach that demonstrates the many forms transnationalism has taken, each shaped by the circumstances of a particular time and place. It also emphasizes that globalization has not been persistent or automatic-many people have been as likely to resist or reject outside connections as to establish or embrace them.The essays in the collection revolve around three foundational themes. The first is an emphasis on connections among the United States, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and South Asia. Second, contributors ground their studies of globalization in the built environments and everyday interactions of the city, because even world-spanning practices must be understood as people experience them in their neighborhoods, workplaces, stores, and streets. Last is a fundamental concern with the role powerful empires and nation-states play in the emergence of globalizing and urbanizing processes.

Contents:

Silicon dreams : states, markets, and the transnational high-tech suburb / Margaret O'Mara

Homeownership and social welfare in the Americas : Ciudad Kennedy as a midcentury crossroads / Amy C. Offner

Building the alliance for progress : local and transnational encounters in a low-income housing program in Rio de Janeiro, 1962-67 / Leandro Benmergui

Slum clearance as a transnational process in globalizing Manila / Nancy H. Kwak

Crossing boundaries : the global exchange of planning ideas / Carola Hein

Condos in the mall : suburban transnational typological transformations in Markham, Ontario / Erica Allen-Kim

Requiem for a barrio : race, space, and gentrification in southern California / Matthew J. García

Transnational performances in Chicago's Independence Day parade / Arijit Sen

Transnational urban meanings : the passage of "suburb" to India and its rough reception / Richard Harris

Suburbanization and urban practice in India / Nikhil Rao

Will the transnational city be digitized? The dialectics of diversified spatial media and expanded spatial scopes / Carl H. Nightingale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812249545

0812249542

OCLC:

980434432