Naked city
Subtitle: the death and life of authentic urban places
By: Sharon Zukin.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195382853
Subjects: City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York; Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York; Community development, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins and new beginnings; title: How Brooklyn became cool; title: Why Harlem is not a ghetto; title: Living local in the East Village; title: Union square and the paradox of public space; title: A tale of two globals: pupusas and Ikea in Red Hook; title: The billboard and the garden: a struggle for roots; title: Destination culture and the crisis of authenticity.