Power of urban ethnic places : cultural heritage and community life / by Jan Lin

By:

Lin, Jan

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2011. New York:Description: xx,: 291 pISBN:

9780415879835

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DDC classification:

307.7608900973 LIN-P

Contents:

Doing ethnic history from coast to coast -- Ethnic communities and cultural heritage -- Ethnicity in America from World's Fair to world city -- Ethnic places, postmodernism, and urban change in Houston -- Heritage, art, and community development in Miami's Overtown and Little Havana -- Removal and renewal of Los Angeles Chinatown from the frontier Pueblo to the global city -- Preservation and cultural heritage in New York's Chinatown and Lower East Side and impact of the 9/11 disaster -- The death and life of urban ethnic places.

Summary: Discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in US society. This book examines various case studies of Chinese, Latino and African American communities in the US, disagreeing with any perceptions that the rise of ethnic enclaves and heritage places are harbingers of separatism or balkanization

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Doing ethnic history from coast to coast. Ethnic communities and cultural heritage. Ethnicity in America from World's Fair to world city. Ethnic places, postmodernism, and urban change in Houston. Heritage, art, and community development in Miami's Overtown and Little Havana. Removal and renewal of Los Angeles Chinatown from the frontier Pueblo to the global city. Preservation and cultural heritage in New York's Chinatown and Lower East Side and impact of the 9/11 disaster. The death and life of urban ethnic places

Doing ethnic history from coast to coast --
Ethnic communities and cultural heritage --
Ethnicity in America from World's Fair to world city --
Ethnic places, postmodernism, and urban change in Houston --
Heritage, art, and community development in Miami's Overtown and Little Havana --
Removal and renewal of Los Angeles Chinatown from the frontier Pueblo to the global city --
Preservation and cultural heritage in New York's Chinatown and Lower East Side and impact of the 9/11 disaster --
The death and life of urban ethnic places.

Discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in US society. This book examines various case studies of Chinese, Latino and African American communities in the US, disagreeing with any perceptions that the rise of ethnic enclaves and heritage places are harbingers of separatism or balkanization

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