Inside the empire: Ethnography of a global citadel in New York

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 699-724

  Smithsimon, Gregory ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN DESIGN; WORLD CITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949553685     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009351940     Document Type: Article

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