Dual City - John H. Mollenkopf

Have the last two decades produced a New York composed of two
separate and unequal cities? As the contributors to Dual City
reveal, the complexity of inequality in New York defies simple
distinctions between black and white, the Yuppies and the homeless.The city's changing economic structure has
intersected with an increasingly diversified population, providing
upward mobility for some groups while isolating others. As race, gender,
ethnicity, and class become ever more critical components of the
postindustrial city, the New York experience illuminates not just one
great city, or indeed all large cities, but the forces affecting most of
the globe. "The authors constitute an impressive
assemblage of seasoned scholars, representing a wide array of pertinent
disciplines. Their product is a pioneering volume in the social sciences
and urban studies...the 20-page bibliography is a major research tool
on its own." -Choice