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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823131003321

Autore

Laguerre Michel S

Titolo

Global neighborhoods [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish quarters in Paris, London, and Berlin / / Michel S. Laguerre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7773-8

1-4356-7510-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

305.892/404091732

Soggetti

Jewish neighborhoods - Europe

Jews, European

Jews - England - London

Jews - France - Paris

Jews - Germany - Berlin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Global Neighborhoods -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Neighborhood Globalization -- 2. Paris's Jewish Quarter: Unmade, Remade, and Transformed -- 3. Berlin's Jewish Quarter: The Local History of the Global -- 4. London's Jewish Neighborhoods: Nodes of Global Networks -- 5. Residential Districts Versus Business Districts -- 6. The Jewish Quarter as a Global Chronopolis -- 7. Paris's City Hall and the Jewish Quarter -- 8. Heritage Tourism: The Jewish Quarter as a Theme Park -- 9. The Jewish Quarter,Other Diasporic Sites, and Israel -- 10. Information Technology and the Jewish Neighborhood -- 11. Neighborhoods of Globalization -- 12.Conclusion: Global Neighborhoods in the Global Metropolis -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Looks at how contemporary Jewish neighborhoods interact with both local and transnational influences.