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This groundbreaking volume investigates the processes of globalization in Istanbul, one of the oldest and grandest of world cities. Explaining the course of the conflicts and the compromises involved in maintaining a precarious urbanity, this theoretically informed volume focuses on the fields of struggle ranging from politics to heritage, humor to music, public space to housing.
About the Author: Caglar Keyder is professor of sociology at Bogazici University.
Title: Istanbul: Between the Global and the Local
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New