Mah, Alice,

Port cities and global legacies : urban identity, waterfront work, and radicalism / by Alice Mah. - 1 online resource (256 pages).

Port cities have distinctive global dynamics, with long histories of casual labour, large migrant communities, and international trade networks. This in-depth comparative study examines contradictory global legacies across themes of urban identity, waterfront work and radicalism in key post-industrial port cities worldwide.

9781137283146


Social sciences.
Urban geography.
Environmental management.
Sociology, Urban.
Human geography.