The Power of Urban Ethnic Places : Cultural Heritage and Community Life.
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 a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2011.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780203843017 0203843010 1282930249 9781282930247 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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.