Istanbul: Between the Global and the Local

Istanbul: Between the Global and the Local
ISBN-10
1461637937
ISBN-13
9781461637936
Series
Istanbul
Category
Political Science
Pages
210
Language
English
Published
1999-09-01
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Author
Caglar Keyder

Description

This groundbreaking volume investigates the processes of globalization in Istanbul, one of the oldest and grandest of world cities. Explaining the course of the conflicts and the compromises involved in maintaining a precarious urbanity, this theoretically informed volume focuses on the fields of struggle ranging from politics to heritage, humor to music, public space to housing.

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