The spirit of cities
Subtitle: why the identity of a city matters in a global age
By: Daniel A. Bell and Avner de Shalit
Contributors: De-Shalit, Avner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780691151441
Subjects: Social aspects; Cities and towns; Identity politics; Urban policy
Description: " ... How the ethos of each city is expressed in political, cultural, and economic life, and also how pride in a city's ethos can oppose the homogenizing tendencies of globalization and curb the excesses of nationalism"--Jacket p. [2].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : civicism; title: Jerusalem : the city of religion; title: Montreal : the city of language(s); title: Singapore : the city of nation building; title: Hong kong : the city of materialism; title: Beijing : the city of political power; title: Oxford : the city of learning; title: Berlin : the city of (in)tolerance; title: Paris : the city of romance; title: New York : the city of ambition.