Making Cities Global : The Transnational Turn in Urban History / A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, Nancy H. Kwak.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Sugrue, Thomas J. -- Introduction. Why Transnationalize Urban History? / Sandoval-Strausz, A. K. / Kwak, Nancy H. -- PART I. GLOBALIZATION AND GOVERNANCE -- Chapter 1. Silicon Dreams: States, Markets, and the Transnational High-Tech Suburb / O’Mara, Margaret -- Chapter 2. Homeownership and Social Welfare in the Americas: Ciudad Kennedy as a Midcentury Crossroads / Offner, Amy C. -- Chapter 3. Building the Alliance for Progress: Local and Transnational Encounters in a Low-Income Housing Program in Rio de Janeiro, 1962–67 / Benmergui, Leandro -- Chapter 4. Slum Clearance as a Transnational Process in Globalizing Manila / Kwak, Nancy H. -- Chapter 5. Crossing Boundaries: The Global Exchange of Planning Ideas / Hein, Carola -- PART II. PLACE, CULTURE, AND POWER -- Chapter 6. Condos in the Mall: Suburban Transnational Typological Transformations in Markham, Ontario / Allen-Kim, Erica -- Chapter 7. Requiem for a Barrio: Race, Space, and Gentrification in Southern California / Garcia, Matt -- Chapter 8. Transnational Performances in Chicago’s Independence Day Parade / Sen, Arijit -- Chapter 9. Transnational Urban Meanings: The Passage of “Suburb” to India and Its Rough Reception / Harris, Richard -- Chapter 10. Suburbanization and Urban Practice in India / Rao, Nikhil -- Chapter 11. Will the Transnational City Be Digitized? The Dialectics of Diversified Spatial Media and Expanded Spatial Scopes / Nightingale, Carl H. -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments

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In English.

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