Brooklyn Tides: The Fall and Rise of a Global Borough (Urban Studies)

Brooklyn has all the features of a "global borough": It is a base of immigrant labor and ethnically diverse communities, of social and cultural capital, of global transportation, cultural production, and policy innovation. At once a model of sustainable urbanization and overdevelopment, the question is now: What will become of Global Brooklyn? Tracing the emergence of Brooklyn from village outpost to global borough, Brooklyn Tides investigates the nature and consequences of global forces that have crossed the East River and identifies alternative models for urban development in global capitalism. Benjamin Shepard and Mark Noonan provide a unique ethnographic reading of the literature, social activism, and changing tides impacting this ever-transforming space. Cover and interior images of a rapidly transforming global borough by photographer Caroline Shepard.

Brooklyn has all the features of a "global borough": It is a base of immigrant labor and ethnically diverse communities, of social and cultural capital, of global transportation, cultural production, and policy innovation. At once a model of sustainable urbanization and overdevelopment, the question is now: What will become of Global Brooklyn?Tracing the emergence of Brooklyn from village outpost to global borough, Brooklyn Tides investigates the nature and consequences of global forces that have crossed the East River and identifies alternative models for urban development in global capitalism. Benjamin Shepard and Mark Noonan provide a unique ethnographic reading of the literature, social activism, and changing tides impacting this ever-transforming space.Cover and interior images of a rapidly transforming global borough by photographer Caroline Shepard.

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Prologue. Brooklyn Is Expanding: Introductory Notes on a Global Borough Chapter one. Global Brooklyn: A Prehistory Chapter two. Chants Undemocratic Chapter three. Community, Migration, Displacement Chapter four. Toxicity Chapter five. Fighting Police Brutality in Global Brooklyn: From Ferguson to NYC Chapter six. The World City and the Space of Neighborhoods: The Battle of Brooklyn Chapter seven. Of Tempests and Storms: Super-Storm Sandy and Climate Chaos in Global Brooklyn Chapter eight. Community Gardening, Creative Activism, and the Struggle for Open Space Chapter nine. Rethinking Jay Street and the Downtown the City Forgot: Lost Between Double-parked Cars and Ugly Buildings Epilogue. The Global Street Endnotes The Authors Brooklyn has all the features of a "global borough": It is a base of immigrant labor and ethnically diverse communities, of social and cultural capital, of global transportation, cultural production, and policy innovation. At once a model of sustainable urbanization and overdevelopment, the question is now: What will become of Global Brooklyn?0Tracing the emergence of Brooklyn from village outpost to global borough, 'Brooklyn Tides' investigates the nature and consequences of global forces that have crossed the East River and identifies alternative models for urban development in global capitalism