Ghetto: a very short introduction

By:

Cheyette, Bryan

Series: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford University Press, 2020. Oxford:Description: xix, 143 p. : ill. ; pb, 18 cmISBN:

9780198809951

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.3366 CHE

Summary: In this Very Short Introduction Bryan Cheyette unpicks the extraordinarily complex layers of contrasting meanings that have accrued over five hundred years to ghettos, considering their different settings across the globe. He considers core questions of why and when urban, racial, and colonial ghettos have appeared, and who they contain. Exploring their various identities, he shows how different ghettos interrelate, or are contrasted, across time and space, or even in the same place.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this Very Short Introduction Bryan Cheyette unpicks the extraordinarily complex layers of contrasting meanings that have accrued over five hundred years to ghettos, considering their different settings across the globe. He considers core questions of why and when urban, racial, and colonial ghettos have appeared, and who they contain. Exploring their various identities, he shows how different ghettos interrelate, or are contrasted, across time and space, or even in the same place.

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