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Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places /

As cities have gentrified, educated urbanites have come to prize what they regard as "authentic" urban life: aging buildings, art galleries, small boutiques, upscale food markets, neighborhood old-timers, funky ethnic restaurants, and old, family-owned shops. These signify a place's a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zukin, Sharon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins and new beginnings
  • How Brooklyn became cool
  • Why Harlem is not a ghetto
  • Living local in the East Village
  • Union square and the paradox of public space
  • A tale of two globals: pupusas and Ikea in Red Hook
  • The billboard and the garden: a struggle for roots
  • Destination culture and the crisis of authenticity.