The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn. Brooklyn has always been legendary and has more recently regained its stature as a much sought after place to live, work and have fun....
The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographi...
Everyday Globalization is a micro-sociological study of immigrant neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Paris. Global flows of people bring together cultural practices from distant places and urban dwellers in global cities interpret the signs of collective identity in ascribing particular places as "immigrant neighborhoods." This book examines the spatial semiotics of identity in urban public space that make this possible. Unlike other studies of globalization and cities, this work brings together research on the social psychology of groups, linguistic landscapes, and quotidian mobility to...
Everyday Globalization is a micro-sociological study of immigrant neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Paris. Global flows of people bring together cultur...
Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in "Walking in Cities," walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily taking possession of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in "Walking in Cities "explore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power.
Various chapters explorethe "flaneuse,"...
Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in "Walking in Cities," walki...
Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in "Walking in Cities," walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily taking possession of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in "Walking in Cities "explore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power.
Various chapters explorethe "flaneuse,"...
Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in "Walking in Cities," walki...
