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Tag Archives: Ethnicity
Immigration, Communities, and Neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, 1880–1930
By Benjamin Bryce, University of Northern British Columbia In 1869, Buenos Aires was a small city of 178,000 inhabitants. Yet by 1914, it had grown to almost 1.6 million people and become the second largest city on the Atlantic coast … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, Associations, Ethnicity, Infrastructure, Latin America, Migration, Social History, Transport
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Cosmopolitanism on the Move: Port Said around 1900
By Valeska Huber, German Historical Institute London Research on the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean has stressed the importance of the opening of the Suez Canal as a transformative factor that had extensive reverberations throughout the region. In the decades … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Cosmopolitanism, Ethnicity, Infrastructure, Middle East, Migration, Transport
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Hebron and Other Urban Battlefields
By Irene Vlad, Freie Universität Berlin Hebron (al-Khalīl in Arabic) is the oldest, largest, and most populated city in the West Bank. It is widely known as one of the main hotspots of Israel’s ongoing conflict with the Palestinians. Often … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Colonialism, Ethnicity, Israel, Middle East, Military History, Religion, Security, Segregation
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Sacred Sites: A New Book on Urbanism in Ancient Central Mexico
David M. Carballo, Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 309 pp., $ 58.99 / £ 41.99 / € 64.99. Reviewed by Caterina Pizzigoni, Columbia University In a study that is as concise as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient History, Archeology, Colonialism, Ethnicity, Latin America, Mexico
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Emporia of Cosmopolitanism: A Social History of Early-Twentieth-Century Port Cities in Southeast Asia
Su Lin Lewis, Cities in Motion: Urban Life and Cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920–1940, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016. 309 pp., $ 99.99 / £ 64.99 / € 94.99. Reviewed by Michael Goebel, Freie Universität Berlin There are few recent … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Colonialism, Ethnicity, Imperialism, Ports, Segregation, Southeast Asia, Trade
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Neoliberalism and the Structure of Settler Colonialism in a North American City
By John Munro, St. Mary’s University It was, on the face of it, an unremarkable event. In the spring of 1989, a single-room-occupancy hotel and beer parlor was torn down in North Vancouver, Canada, and a new condominium tower was … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Canada, Colonialism, Ethnicity, gentrification, Industry, North America, Politics, Race
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Subaltern Cultures of Nature in Industrial Chicago
By Colin Fisher, University of San Diego U.S. environmental and cultural historians and American Studies scholars have long explored privileged Anglo Americans’ desire to come into contact with nature. We know that in response to the perceived ills of urban … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Ethnicity, Industry, Infrastructure, Migration, North America, Politics
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Plural Pasts in Southeast Asian Port Cities
By Su Lin Lewis, University of Bristol Conflict and division characterize the way we often think of race relations in the colonial era, but the social history of Asia’s most multi-ethnic cities gives us a different view. The colonial scholar … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, Ethnicity, Migration, Nationalism, Politics, Ports, Segregation, Social History, Southeast Asia, Trade, Transport
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From Rural to City Dwellers: A New Book on Indians in Kenya
Sana Aiyar, Indians in Kenya: The Politics of Diaspora, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2015, 384 pp., $49.95 / £36.95 / €45.00. Reviewed by Saima Nasar, University of Birmingham Indians have contributed to Kenya’s multiracial tapestry for centuries. At Independence, … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Africa, Britain, Diaspora, Empire, Ethnicity, India, Indian Ocean, Migration, Race, Trade
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Between a Wall and the Sea: A New Book on Colonial Havana
Guadalupe García, Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana, Oakland: University of California Press, 2016, 296 pp., $34.95, £24.95 ISBN: 9780520286047 Reviewed by Cecilia T. Fernández, Freie Universität Berlin Strolling through Havana’s so-called “casco histórico,” its colonial center, can … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Architecture, Colonialism, Cuba, Disease, Empire, Ethnicity, Havana, Latin America, Race, Spatial History
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