After modernism : global restructuring and the changing boundaries of city life. [Comparative urban and community research, v. 4] [Cities afer modernism -- The stimulus of a little confusion : a contemporary comparison of Amsterdam and Los Angeles -- Frankfurt : Global city -- local politics -- Economic crisis and structural adjustment : the changing labor market of San Jose, Costa Rica -- The bubbling caldron : Global and local interactions in New York City restaurants -- Ethnicity, race, class and ideology come together in LA -- Apartment restructuring and Latino immigrant tenant struggles : a case study of human agency]

220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 156000598X; 9781560005988 Series ISSN: 0892-5569 ; LCCN: 92-11294 ; LC: HT110; HN101; Dewey: 307.76 s ; OCLC: 25871688 ; stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Cities afer modernism / Michael Peter Smith -- The stimulus of a little confusion : a contemporary comparison of Amsterdam and Los Angeles / Edward W Soja -- Frankfurt : Global city -- local politics / Roger Keil, Peter Lieser -- Economic crisis and structural adjustment : the changing labor market of San Jose, Costa Rica / Richard Tardanico -- The bubbling caldron : Global and local interactions in New York City restaurants / Sharon Zukin and Associates -- Ethnicity, race, class and ideology come together in LA / Allen David Heskin -- Apartment restructuring and Latino immigrant tenant struggles : a case study of human agency / Nestor P Rodriguez, Jacqueline Maria Hagan ; center crease, else VG.