New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America’s Global Cities - Softcover

Abu-Lughod, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816633363 ISBN 13: 9780816633364

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2001

Synopsis

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles -- for all their differences, they are quintessentially American cities. They are also among the handful of cities on the earth that can be called "global". Janet L. Abu-Lughod's book is the first to compare them in an ambitious in-depth study that takes into account each city's unique history, following their development from their earliest days to their current... Full description

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About the Author:

Janet L. Abu-Lughod is professor emerita of sociology at Northwestern University and the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. She is the author of numerous books, most recently New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities. In 1999 she received the Robert and Helen Lynd
Award of the Section on Community and Urban Sociology, American Sociological Association, for distinguished lifetime contributions to the study of cities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0816633363
• ISBN 13: 9780816633364
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592