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Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai
Global Cities Local Streets Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai Author:Sharon Zukin, Philip Kasinitz, Xiangming Chen Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai, a cutting edge text/ethnography, reports on the rapidly expanding field of global, urban studies through a unique pairing of 6 teams of urban researchers from around the world. The authors present shopping streets from each city ? New York, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Berlin, T... more »oronto, and Tokyo ? how they have changed over the years, and how they illustrate globalization embedded in local communities. This is an ideal addition to courses in urbanization, consumption, and globalization.« less