| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 340 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Introduction. Why transnationalize urban history? / A.K. Sandoval-Strausz and Nancy H. Kwak -- Part I. Globalization and governance. Silicon dreams : states, markets, and the transnational high-tech suburb / Margaret O'Mara -- Homeownership and social welfare in the Americas : Ciudad Kennedy as a midcentury crossroads / Amy C. Offner -- Building the alliance for progress : local and transnational encounters in a low-income housing program in Rio de Janeiro, 1962-67 / Leandro Benmergui -- Slum clearance as a transnational process in globalizing Manila / Nancy H. Kwak -- Crossing boundaries : the global exchange of planning ideas / Carola Hein -- Part II. Place, culture, and power. Condos in the mall : suburban transnational typological transformations in Markham, Ontario / Erica Allen-Kim -- Requiem for a barrio : race, space, and gentrification in southern California / Matt Garcia -- Transnational performances in Chicago's Independence Day parade / Arijit Sen -- Transnational urban meanings : the passage of "suburb" to India and its rough reception / Richard Harris -- Suburbanization and urban practice in India / Nikhil Rao -- Will the transnational city be digitized? : the dialectics of diversified spatial media and expanded spatial scopes / Carl H. Nightingale |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Transnationalism -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
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Urbanization -- America -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
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Urbanization -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
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Cities and towns -- America -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
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Cities and towns -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
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Globalization -- Political aspects -- Case studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Cities and towns
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Globalization -- Political aspects
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Transnationalism
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Urbanization
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America
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India
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sandoval-Strausz, A. K., editor.
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Kwak, Nancy, 1973- editor.
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| ISBN |
0812294408 |
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9780812294408 |
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