Description: Looks at how contemporary Jewish neighborhoods interact with both local and transnational influences.
Brief description: Michel S. Laguerre is Professor and Director of the Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of many books, including Diaspora, Politics, and Globalization and The Digital City: The American Metropolis and Information Technology.
Review Quotes:
"This work is rich and of intellectual importance. It explores topics such as global and local communities (and their interconnection), diaspora, transnationalism, ethnic entrepreneurship, the Holocaust, prejudice, urban planning, multiculturalism, cultural tourism, assimilation, and the role of virtual communities and diversity within ethnic populations." -- Steven J. Gold, author of The Israeli Diaspora