Multicultural Cities
Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2016
- Category
- General, General, General, Geography
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442630147
- Publish Date
- Mar 2016
- List Price
- $48.95
-
Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442630130
- Publish Date
- Mar 2016
- List Price
- $108.00
-
eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442630161
- Publish Date
- May 2016
- List Price
- $38.95
Add it to your shelf
Where to buy it
Description
What defines a multicultural city? Policy? Geography? Demography? In Multicultural Cities, Mohammad Abdul Qadeer offers a tour of three of North America’s premier multicultural metropolises – Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles – that demonstrates the critical qualities that make these cities multicultural.
Guided by the perspective that multiculturalism is the combination of cultural diversity with a common ground of values and institutions, Qadeer examines the social geography, economy, and everyday life of each metropolitan area. His analysis spans the divide between Canada, where multiculturalism is official government policy, and the United States, where it is not. A comprehensive investigation of how some of today’s leading majority-minority cities thrive, written by a keen observer of North American urban life, Multicultural Cities is an important complement to any discussion about how cities can and should accommodate diversity.
About the author
Mohammad Abdul Qadeer is a professor emeritus in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University.
Editorial Reviews
‘Qadeer brings to bear an in-depth knowledge about multicultural cities, their urban institutions and structures and insights into ways these institutions and structures are evolving and cultural differences negotiated.’
Journal of Urban Affairs January 2017