Title & Author:

Wounded cities : destruction and reconstruction in a globalized world / edited by Jane Schneider and Ida Susser.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003.

Description:

xv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Wounded cities: deconstruction and reconstruction in a globalized world / Ida Susser and Jane Schneider -- The city as a body politic / David Harvey -- The depreciation of life during Mexico City's transition into 'the crisis' / Claudio Lomnitz -- International commodity markets, local land markets and class conflict in a provincial Mexican city / Carol J. Meyers -- Rethinking infrastructure: Siberian cities and the great freeze of January 2001 / Caroline Humphrey -- How Kingston was wounded / Donald Robotham -- Wounded Medellín: narcotics traffic against a background of industrial decline / Mary Roldán -- Global justice in the postindustrial city: urban activism beyond the global-local split / Jeff Maskovsky -- After drugs and the 'war on drugs': reclaiming the power to make history in Harlem, New York / Leith Mullings -- Bangkok, the bubble city / Ara Wilson -- Contemporary Ho Chi Minh City in numerous contradictions: reform policy, foreign capital and the working class / Suhong Chae -- Belfast: urban space, 'policing' and sectarian polarization / Dominic Bryan -- 'Healing the wounds of the war': placing the war-displaced in postwar Beirut / Aseel Sawalha -- Wounded Palermo / Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider -- Epilogue: Baghdad, 2003 / Jane Schneider and Ida Susser.

Summary:

"Wounded Cities: Destruction and Reconstruction in a Globalized World," edited by Jane Schneider and Ida Susser, examines how urban populations are affected by various forms of destruction, including violence, civil wars, overbuilding, drug trafficking, and natural disasters. The book features in-depth case studies from cities such as Mexico City, New York, Beirut, Belfast, Bangkok, and Baghdad, exploring the impact of infrastructure collapse, foreign investment, and political corruption on urban life. It emphasizes the experiences of communities facing uneven development and inequality, highlighting the role of memory and political activism in urban recovery. The editors are professors of anthropology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1859736882 (paper)
9781859736883 (paper)
1859736831 (cloth)
9781859736838 (cloth)

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Urban violence.
Urban warfare.
Urban renewal.
Urban policy.
Cities
Urban Renewal
Villes.
Violence urbaine.
Guerre urbaine.
Rénovation urbaine.
Politique urbaine.
cities.
urban renewal.
71.14 urban society.
Stadtforschung
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtsanierung
Zerstörung
Kriegsschaden
Stadtsoziologie
Criminaliteit.
Vernietiging (algemeen)
Stedelijk beleid.
Stadscultuur.
Catastrophe naturelle.
Guerre civile.
Renouveau urbain.
Urbanisme.
Vie urbaine.
Ville.
Wounded cities

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Case studies (form)

Added entries:

Schneider, Jane, 1938-
Susser, Ida.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 239979
Call No.: HT119 .W68 2003
Status: Available