The New Chicago

by Koval, John P.; Bennett, Larry; Bennett, Michael Isaiah; Demissie, Fassil; Garner, Roberta

• ISBN13: 9781592130870
• ISBN10: 1592130879
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-28
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Summary

For generations, visitors, journalists, and social scientists alike have asserted that Chicago is the quintessentially American city. Indeed, the introduction toThe New Chicagoreminds us that "to know America, you must know Chicago." The authors boldly announce the demise of the city of broad shoulders and the transformation of its physical, social, cultural, and economic institutions into a new Chicago. In this wide-ranging book, twenty scholars, journalists, and activists, relying on data from the 2000 census and many years of direct experience with the city, identify five converging forces in American urbanization which are reshaping this storied metropolis. The twenty-six essays included here analyze Chicago by way of globalization and its impact on the contemporary city; economic restructuring; the evolution of machine-style politics into managerial politics; physical transformations of the central city and its suburbs; and race relations in a multicultural era. In elaborating on the effects of these broad forces, contributors detail the role of eight significant racial, ethnic, and immigrant communities in shaping the character of the new Chicago and present ten case studies of innovative governmental, grassroots, and civic action.Multi-faceted and authoritative,The New Chicagooffers an important and unique portrait of an emergent and new 'Windy City'.

Table of Contents

Introduction

An Overview and Point of View

Converging Forces

Globalization and the Remaking of Chicago

Economic Restructuring: Chicago's Precarious Balance

Chicago's New Politics of Growth

1 The Physical Transformation of Chicago's Central Area

2 The Emergent Suburban Landscape

Chicago's Race Relations: Past, Present, and Future

The Immigrant Presence

Chicago: The Immigrant Capital of the Heartland

Latinos of the New Chicago

New Polonia: Ghetto Immigrants, Professional Suburbanites, And Urban Cultural Actors

Asian Indians in Chicago

Re-Visioning Filipino American Communities: Evolving Identities, Issues, and Organizations

The Korean Presence in Chicago

Chicago's Chinese Americans: Chinatown and Beyond

Immigrants From the Arab World

Immigrants at Work

Introduction: Contested Reinvention and Civic Agency

The Rebirth of Bronzeville: Contested Space and Contrasting Visions

Devon Avenue: A World Market

The Affordable Housing Crisis: Complex Causes, Surprisingly Simple Solutions!

Back To Its Roots: The Industrial Areas Foundation and United Power for Action and Justice

Chicago School Reform: Advancing the Global City Agenda

The Chicago Police Evolution: Contested Reinvention and Managerial Outcomes

Transforming Public Housing

Regionalism in A Historically Divided Metropolis

Coalition Politics At America's Premier Transportation Hub

Urban Beautification: The Construction of A New Identity for Chicago

Conclusion

Learning From Chicago

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