{"product_id":"cities-of-whiteness-hardback-9781405129138","title":"Cities of Whiteness (Hardback) 9781405129138","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCities of Whiteness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCities of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to our understanding of how race works in the postmodern city. It shows in clear and convincing detail how whiteness is bound up with property, heritage and fear.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Alastair Bonnett, Newcastle University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Wendy S. Shaw writes with passion, with political commitment, carefully and engagingly, and with the kind of gallows humour that can be expected in grim situations. Her subtle and always empirically-grounded analysis astutely picks at the invisible structures of racialization that underpin white privilege and power. Sydney and New York, after \u003ci\u003eCities of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e, are not such virtuous cities of multiculturalism. Instead, we see these cities afresh, complete with their promiscuous and particular processes of white superiority.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Steve Pile, The Open University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWendy S. Shaw (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405129138, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.472 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Shaw does a fascinating job combining the literature on urban transformation with whiteness studies and creating a unique reading of Sydney as a space of white privilege … .The book is well researched and tells a fascinating story of racialized urban change.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis groundbreaking book brings the study of whiteness and postcolonial perspectives to bear on debates about urban change.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thought-provoking contribution to debates about urban change, race and cosmopolitan urbanism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings the study of whiteness to the discipline of geography, questioning the notion of white ethnicity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with Indigenous peoples' experiences of whiteness – past and present, and with theoretical postcolonial perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses Sydney as an example of a 'city of whiteness', considering trends such as Sydney's 'SoHo Syndrome' and the 'Harlemisation' of the Aboriginal community\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures.  \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Encountering Cities of Whiteness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJourneying to Inner Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities as Cultural Constructions - Gentrification and Urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Birth of Whiteness Scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities of Neo-colonial Whiteness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. (Post)colonial Sydney.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Dangerous to Endangered City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecuring Whiteness in the Paradoxical City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. 'The Good Old Days'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeritage Dreaming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerforming Sydney Heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivating Heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitectures of Escape 1: Into the Past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Cosmopolitan Metropolitanism (Or The Indifferent City).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManhattan Dreaming (in Sydney Australia).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitectures of Escape 2: Sydney's SoHo Syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Cities of Whiteness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographies of Urban Whiteness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying Cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of (Cities of) Whiteness?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437763293464,"sku":"9781405129138","price":56.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405129138.jpg?v=1784938584","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cities-of-whiteness-hardback-9781405129138","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}