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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Main Author: Lin, Jan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2011.
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Online Access: 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.