J. Diefendorf – författare

Examining the reconstruction of Japan's bombed cities after World War II, this volume presents five case studies (of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Okinawa and Nagaoka) which are framed by broader essays on the evolution of Japanese planning and architecture, Japan's urban policies in Manchuria and comparisons between Japanese and European reconstruction. It should be of interest to Japan specialists and also for those interested in urban history and planing anywhere.

Too often, scholars treat transnationalism as a conflict in which the local, regional, and national give way to globalized identity. As these varied studies of German cities show, though, the urban environment is actually a site of trans-localism that is not merely oppositional, but that adapts itself dialectically to the forces of globalization.

Too often, scholars treat transnationalism as a conflict in which the local, regional, and national give way to globalized identity. As these varied studies of German cities show, though, the urban environment is actually a site of trans-localism that is not merely oppositional, but that adapts itself dialectically to the forces of globalization.