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- In Gotham's Shadow: Globalization and Community Change in Central New York
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
In what may be the first explicitly comparative study of the effects of globalization on metropolitan and rural communities, In Gotham’s Shadow examines how three central New York communities struggled over the last half century to survive in a global economy that seems to have forgotten them. Utica, formerly a city of one hundred thousand, experienced the same trends of suburbanization, deindustrialization, and urban renewal as nearly every American city, with the same mixed results. In Cooperstown and Hartwick, two small villages forty miles south of Utica, the same trends were at work, though with different outcomes. Hartwick may be seen as an example of how small towns have lost their core, while Cooperstown may be seen as an example of how a small town can survive by transforming itself into a tourist destination. Thomas provides extensive historical background mixed with newspaper excerpts and lively interviews that add a human dimension to the transformations these communities have experienced.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Illustrations
- p. ix
- Chapter 1 One Summer Day
- pp. 1-14
- Chapter 2 An American Story
- pp. 15-31
- Chapter 3 Loom to Boom
- pp. 33-44
- Chapter 4 On the Road
- pp. 45-53
- Chapter 5 Sin City
- pp. 55-70
- Chapter 6 Progress
- pp. 71-86
- Chapter 7 Slaughter of the Innocents
- pp. 87-98
- Chapter 8 Extended Communities
- pp. 99-111
- Chapter 9 Deconstructing Utica
- pp. 113-126
- Chapter 10 Reconstructing Hartwick
- pp. 127-138
- Chapter 11 Different Strokes
- pp. 139-149
- Chapter 12 Gotham’s Shadow
- pp. 151-157
- Appendix A: The Block Quintile Measure
- pp. 159-160
- Appendix C: Retail Functions Study
- pp. 163-164
- References
- pp. 173-186
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791487488
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
55751344
Pages
189
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No