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Author:   Robert W. Compton, Jr. ,  Ho Hon Leung ,  Yaser Robles
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Weight:   4.552kg
ISBN:  

9781137533586

ISBN 10:   1137533587
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   18 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Part I: Home and Community Building ​​1. The Home-making Trajectories and Challenges of Chinese Immigrants in Canada2. Latino Experience in the Barrios of the South Bronx, New York City: the Other Side of the American Dream3. Cultural Memory in Mainland Immigrants’ Settlement of Taiwan: a Case Study of Zuoying Naval Veterans’ Villages Part II: Preservation, Reconstruction, and Development 4. Homes in Transition: Youths’ Experiences in Singapore’s Rental Housing5. Lessons from Post-disaster Home Reconstruction: Dujiangyan City, China6. The Narrative Construction of 房奴 (Fang-Nu) – an Urban Identity in Post-Modern China7. Challenges of Heritage Development Projects in Macau and Penang: Preservation and Anti-preservation Part III: Collaboration, Belonging, and National Identity 8. Longing and Belonging in Greater Accra: Making Home and Queer Community9. Home Formation and the Use of Violence in Zimbabwe10. Building Consensus?: Russian Nationalism as Social Cohesion and Division 11. Epilogue: Transforming Catacombs and the City of Paris: The Spatial Relationship between the home for the Living and the Dead

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Robert W. Compton, Jr. is Professor of Africana and Latino Studies and Political Science at SUNY, College at Oneonta, USA. His research interests include political development and international political economy of Southern Africa and East Asia.   Ho Hon Leung is Professor of Sociology at SUNY, College at Oneonta, USA.  His research interests include ethnic relations, immigration, urban studies, architectural sociology, and comparative aging. He is also Director and Co-founder of 4C5M Studio. Yaser Robles is a faculty member in the History, Philosophy, Religion and Social Sciences Department (HPRSS) at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA. His research interests include colonial Latin America, Latin American and Caribbean Diasporas to the United States, and Afro-Latin American cultures.   

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