Xiangming Chen Livres

Global Cities, Local Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai, a cutting-edge text/ethnography, reports on the rapidly expanding field of global, urban studies through a unique pairing of six teams of urban researchers from around the world. The authors present shopping streets from each city – New York, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Berlin, Toronto, and Tokyo – how they have changed over the years, and how they illustrate globalization embedded in local communities. This is an ideal addition to courses in urbanization, consumption, and globalization.. The book’s companion website, www.globalcitieslocalstreets.org, has additional videos, images, and maps, alongside a forum where students and instructors can post their own shopping street experiences.

Focusing on the intricate dynamics of de-bordering and re-bordering, this book provides a comparative analysis of seven transborder subregions along the western Pacific Rim, alongside an in-depth study of the U.S.-Mexico border and various European regions. Xiangming Chen synthesizes diverse processes of economic growth, social change, and urban development in the evolving transnational landscapes shaped by these fluid and changing borders, highlighting the complexities of modern border interactions.