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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785452103321

Autore

Lin Jan.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-90985-0

1-136-90986-9

1-282-93024-9

9786612930249

0-203-84301-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Metropolis and modern life

Classificazione

71.14

Disciplina

307.76089/00973

Soggetti

Ethnic neighborhoods - United States - History

Minorities - United States - Politics and government

Sociology, Urban - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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