Urban Multiculturalism and Globalization in New York City

MICHEL S. LAGUERRE is Professor and Director of the Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology at the University of California at Berkeley. He has published several books including The Global Ethnopolis: Chinatown, Japantown and Manilatown in American Society. He is currently completing a new volume entitled The Digital City: Information Technology and Globalization in Silicon Valley.

'Urban Multiculturalism and globalization in New York City should prove a key tool for any serious exploration into the concrete practises that make 'the global' a material reality in space and time.' - Steven Flusty, York University

• List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Transglobality and Diaspora Temporality Hegemonic and Subaltern Temporalities in New York The Jewish Chronopolis and "Temporal Identity" Politics The Muslim Chronopolis and Diaspora Temporality Subaltern and Hegemonic Holidays Conclusion: Chronopolis and Metropolis Notes References