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Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places

Title
Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places / Sharon Zukin.
Author
Zukin, Sharon.
Publication
Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Description
xv, 294 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subject
  • City and town life > New York
  • Community development, Urban > New York
  • Urbanization > New York
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The city that lost its soul -- 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.
ISBN
  • 9780195382853 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0195382854 (hc : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009038248
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