The Global Ethnopolis Chinaton, Japanton and Manilaton in American Society [Hardcover]

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.Acknowledgements Introduction: 'Little Americas' The Global Ethnopolis Chinatown: The Ethnopole as an Informal Capital City Japantown: The Deglobalization of an Ethnopole Manilatown: Global Exclusion and Global Margins The Ethnopole as a Global City The Global Space of the Ethnopole The Global Ethnopole in the Global City Bibliography IndexMICHEL S. LAGUERRE is Professor of Social Anthropology and Afro-American Studies and a Member of the Executive Committee of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California at Berkeley.