This book focuses on three ethnic neighbourhoods in San Francisco: commoditized Chinatown, gentrified Japantown, and defunct Manilatown, and argues that the city is global because it comprises a multiplicity of global niches in its midst that interface with and sustain each other at the local level.
| ISBN: | 9780333777893 |
| Publication date: | 11th October 1999 |
| Author: | Michel S Laguerre |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 199 pages |
| Genres: |
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Urban communities Sociology |