Claiming the City

by Mary Lethert Wingerd

Book Overview

Are Minneapolis and St. Paul "Twin Cities" in proximity only? How can two cities, spoken of so often in one breath, differ so greatly in their histories and characteristics? Claiming the City traces the contours of St. Paul's "civic identity" to show how personal identities and political structures of power are fundamentally informed by the social geography of place. St. Paul proves a particularly fruitful site for such analysis because it has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801439361
• ISBN13: 9780801439360
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher