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Cosmopolitan Place Making in Australia

Cosmopolitan Place Making in Australia Immigrant Minorities and the Built Environment in Cities, Regional and Rural Areas

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book looks at the historical and contemporary impact of minority immigrant and ethnic communities on the built and social environment in Australian cities, rural and regional areas. The emphasis is on the changing social use of these buildings - places of worship, ethnic clubs and community associations, immigrant restaurants and retail outlets, museums, memorials and landmarks and other places and spaces created by immigrant communities - rather than on their architectural merit. These places and spaces are sites of bridging and bonding social capital, of social interaction between immigrant communities and their local communities. In both the Australian cities and the 'bush' (an Australian colloquial term for non-metropolitan dwellers), the book investigates how the places built and used by minority ethnic communities have transformed Australian life in complex and sometimes contradictory ways. In Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, the book investigates the historical development ofChinatowns and their contemporary dynamics.

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Book information

ISBN: 9789811580406
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 304.894
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 357
Weight: 662g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 24mm