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050		4	_aHT166 -- .G577 2012eb
100	1		_aPeterson, Marina.
245	1	0	_aGlobal Downtowns.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c2012.
264		4	_c©2012.
300			_a1 online resource (369 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe City in the Twenty-First Century Series
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- Introduction: Globalizing Downtown -- Part I. Imagination -- 1. Toward a Genealogy of Downtowns -- 2. From Peking to Beijing: Production of Centrality in the Global Age -- 3. Simulations of Barcelona: Urban Projects in Port Spaces (1981-2002) -- 4. Urbanist Ideology and the Production of Space in the United Arab Emirates: An Anthropological Critique -- Part II. Consumption -- 5. Reaching for Dubai: Nashville Dreams of a Twenty-First-Century Skyline -- 6. From National Utopia to Elite Enclave: "Economic Realities" and Resistance in the Reconstruction of Beirut -- 7. When the Film Festival Comes to (Down)Town: Transnational Circuits, Tourism, and the Urban Economy of Images -- 8. The Future of the Past: World Heritage, National Identity, and Urban Centrality in Late Socialist Cuba -- Part III. Conflict -- 9. Utopia/Dystopia: Art and Downtown Development in Los Angeles -- 10. "Slum-Free Mumbai" and Other Entrepreneurial Strategies in the Making of Mumbai's Global Downtown -- 11. Downtown as Brand, Downtown as Land: Urban Elites and Neoliberal Development in Contemporary New York City -- 12. Beside Downtown: Global Chinatowns -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- 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 -- Acknowledgments.
520			_aGlobal Downtowns weaves together rich cultural materials from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America to explore the most iconic space of modern urban imagery and identity. Essays bring diverse downtowns to life while probing deeper shared theoretical and pragmatic questions of power, division, consumption, and conflict.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCity planning-History-20th century.
650		0	_aCentral business districts.
650		0	_aUrban anthropology.
650		0	_aCulture and globalization.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aMcDonogh, Gary.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aPeterson, Marina _tGlobal Downtowns _dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2012 _z9780812243840
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		4	_aThe City in the Twenty-First Century Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441886 _zClick to View
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