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Global neighborhoods [electronic resource]

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Looks at how contemporary Jewish neighborhoods interact with both local and transnational influences.

Title Global neighborhoods [electronic resource] : Jewish quarters in Paris, London, and Berlin / Michel S. Laguerre.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Albany : State University of New York Press
Creation Date c2008
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index.
English
Content Intro -- Global Neighborhoods -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Neighborhood Globalization -- 2. Paris's Jewish Quarter: Unmade, Remade, and Transformed -- 3. Berlin's Jewish Quarter: The Local History of the Global -- 4. London's Jewish Neighborhoods: Nodes of Global Networks -- 5. Residential Districts Versus Business Districts -- 6. The Jewish Quarter as a Global Chronopolis -- 7. Paris's City Hall and the Jewish Quarter -- 8. Heritage Tourism: The Jewish Quarter as a Theme Park -- 9. The Jewish Quarter,Other Diasporic Sites, and Israel -- 10. Information Technology and the Jewish Neighborhood -- 11. Neighborhoods of Globalization -- 12.Conclusion: Global Neighborhoods in the Global Metropolis -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Extent 1 online resource (301 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010715268105171
MARC RECORDS
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