Re-Presenting the City ― Ethnicity, Capital and Culture in the 21St-Century Metropolis

Diversity is the underlying thesis to these essays, written in response to a symposium of the same name as the book held at State University of New York in 1992. The scholars take a look at world cities in relation to a growing ethnic cultural economy which is reinventing the scope and vision of New York, Colombo, and Mombasa. But the focus here is really on New York and how the city defies simple interpretation or limitations. In this respect, these deconstructionist studies are faithful to the city that doesn't sleep. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.