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The Global Ethnopolis. Chinatown, Japantown and Manilatown in American Society.
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Hardback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
This book focuses on three ethnic neighbourhoods in San Francisco - commoditized Chinatown, gentrified Japantown, and defunct Manilatown - and argues that the city is global because it comprises a multiplicity of global niches that interface with and sustain one another at the local level. According to the author, these enclaves are not simply transnational communities but, rather, global ethnopoles. They must be seen within the logic of globalization and not simply that of transnationality. The early emphasis on transnationality is misplaced because it looks at the process and not the outcome. Transnationality is the means by which, or the ... Read more
This book focuses on three ethnic neighbourhoods in San Francisco - commoditized Chinatown, gentrified Japantown, and defunct Manilatown - and argues that the city is global because it comprises a multiplicity of global niches that interface with and sustain one another at the local level. According to the author, these enclaves are not simply transnational communities but, rather, global ethnopoles. They must be seen within the logic of globalization and not simply that of transnationality. The early emphasis on transnationality is misplaced because it looks at the process and not the outcome. Transnationality is the means by which, or the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Number of Pages
199
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312226121
SKU
V9780312226121
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About Na Na
Michel S. Laguerre teaches Anthropology and Afro-American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
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