The power of urban ethnic places : cultural heritage and community life / Jan Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, Jan, author.

Series:

Metropolis and modern life.

Metropolis and modern life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic neighborhoods--United States--History.

Ethnic neighborhoods.

Minorities--United States--Politics and government.

Minorities.

Sociology, Urban--United States.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Power of Ethnic Places discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in U.S. society. The book examines a spectrum of case studies of Chinese, Latino and African American communities in the U.S., disagreeing with any perceptions that the rise of ethnic enclaves and heritage places are harbingers of separatism or balkanization. Instead, the text argues that by better understanding the power and dynamics of ethnic enclaves and heritage places in our society, we as a society will be better prepared to harness the economic and cultural changes related to globalization

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; SERIES FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 DOING ETHNIC HISTORY FROM COAST TO COAST; 2 ETHNIC COMMUNITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE; 3 ETHNICITY IN AMERICA FROM WORLD'S FAIR TO WORLD CITY; 4 ETHNIC PLACES, POSTMODERNISM, AND URBAN CHANGE IN HOUSTON; 5 HERITAGE, ART, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN MIAMI'S OVERTOWN AND LITTLE HAVANA; 6 REMOVAL AND RENEWAL OF LOS ANGELES CHINATOWN FROM THE FRONTIER PUEBLO TO THE GLOBAL CITY

7 PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN NEW YORK'S CHINATOWN AND LOWER EAST SIDE AND THE IMPACT OF THE 9/11 DISASTER8 THE DEATH AND LIFE OF URBAN ETHNIC PLACES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-90985-0

1-136-90986-9

1-282-93024-9

9786612930249

0-203-84301-0

9780203843017

OCLC:

741356660