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Naked City : The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places

Zukin, Sharon [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cary : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2009

1 online resource (252 pages)

Englisch

Contents; Preface; Introduction: The City That Lost Its Soul; Uncommon Spaces; Common Spaces; Conclusion Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity; Notes; Index;

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: Naked City : The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places

: Naked city / Zukin, Sharon [GNDNR:170001229]

978-0-19-974189-2

978-0-19-538285-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

687159237

ZH 9400  | RB 10627  | LB 73610  | RU 20909  | LB 73000  | LB 72610      Ähnliche Literatur

HN80.N5

307.14164097471 ; 307.1/4164097471

Basisklassifikation: 71.14 (Städtische Gesellschaft) ; 74.25 (Nordamerika) <Geographie>

*New York, NY ; Stadtforschung ; Gentrifizierung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York ; Community development, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York ; City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York

Electronic books ; local ; City and town life ; New York (State) ; New York ; Community development, Urban ; New York (State) ; New York ; Urbanization ; New York (State) ; New York ; Electronic books

Sharon Zukin argues that the rapid and pervasive demand for authenticity--and the consequent escalating real estate prices--has helped drive out the very people who first lent a neighborhood its authentic aura: immigrants, the working class, and artists. Zukin traces this economic and social evolution in six archetypal New York areas--Williamsburg, Harlem, the East Village, Union Square, Red Hook, and the city's community gardens--and shows that for followers of Jane Jacobs, this transformation is a perversion of what was supposed to happen.

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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction The City That Lost Its Soul -- Uncommon Spaces -- 1 How Brooklyn Became Cool -- 2 Why Harlem Is Not a Ghetto -- 3 Living Local in the East Village -- Common Spaces -- 4 Union Square and the Paradox of Public Space -- 5 A Tale of Two Globals: Pupusas and IKEA in Red Hook -- 6 The Billboard and the Garden: A Struggle for Roots -- Conclusion Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity -- Notes -- Index.