Global Neighborhoods: Jewish Quarters in Paris, London, and Berlin

by Laguerre, Michel S.

• ISBN13: 9780791475522
• ISBN10: 0791475522
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Looks at how contemporary Jewish neighborhoods interact with both local and transnational influences.

Author Biography

Michel S. Laguerre is Professor and Director of the Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology at the Berkeley. He is the author of many books, including Diaspora, Politics, and Globalization and The Digital City: The American Metropolis and Information Technology.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables, and Maps	p. ix
Perface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Neighborhood Globalization	p. 1
Paris's Jewish Quarter: Unmade, Remade, and Transformed	p. 19
Berlin's Jewish Quarter: The Local History of the Global	p. 37
London's Jewish Neighborhoods: Nodes of Global Networks	p. 61
Residential Districts Versus Business Districts	p. 83
The Jewish Quarter as a Global Chronopolis	p. 101
Paris's City Hall and the Jewish Quarter	p. 117
Heritage Tourism: The Jewish Quarter as a Theme Park	p. 137
Jewish Quarter, Other Diasporic Sites, and Israel	p. 159
Information Technology and the Jewish Neighborhood	p. 175
Neighborhoods of Globalization	p. 195
Conclusion Global Neighborhoods in the Global Metropolis	p. 217
Notes	p. 229
References	p. 247
Index	p. 259
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