Global Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City

Book Overview

Is 21st-century Rome a global city? Is it part of Europe's core or periphery? This volume examines the "real city" beyond Rome's historical center, exploring the diversity and challenges of life in neighborhoods affected by immigration, neoliberalism, formal urban planning, and grassroots social movements. The contributors engage with themes of contemporary urban studies-the global city, the self-made city, alternative modernities, capital cities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253012953
• ISBN13: 9780253012951
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher