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Sociology Dept.
H. Gray, Chair
C. West, Grad Director
B. Crow, UG Educ Cmte Chr
College 8, 226
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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Miriam Greenberg Home  Directory Miriam Greenberg
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Miriam Greenberg
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Assistant Professor |
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Faculty Member |
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miriam@ucsc.edu |
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(831) 459-2108 Office
(831) 459-3516 Message
(831) 459-3518 Fax |
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College 8, 208 |
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Winter 2010: Tues 12:30-1:30pm; Wed 10-noon; and by appt. |
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| Courses Taught | |
Classical Sociological Theory (Socy-105A) Fall 2009
The Making of Classical Theory (Socy-201) Fall 2009
Culture, Knowledge, Power (Socy-260) Spring 2009
Issues and Problems in American Society (Socy-10) Spring 2009
Culture, Economy and Power (Socy-131) Spring 2007
Global Cities (Socy-177G) Spring 2007
Issues and Problems in American Society (Socy-10) Winter 2007
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Urban sociology, media studies, cultural studies, political economy, and globalization. |
| Education History | |
BA, Eugene Lang College, New School for Social Research
PhD, City University of New York Graduate Center |
| Selected Publications | |
Books
Crisis Cities: Disaster and Redevelopment in New York and New Orleans. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2010. (with Kevin Fox Gotham)
Branding New York: How a City in Crisis Was Sold to the World. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Winner of the Robert E. Park Book Award from the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Articles and Chapters in Books
"Luxury and Diversity: Re-branding New York in the Age of Bloomberg" in Melissa Aronczyk and Devon Powers, eds., Blowing up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture. New York: Peter Lang, forthcoming 2010.
"From 9/11 to 8/29: Post-Disaster Response and Recovery in New York and New Orleans" (with Kevin Fox Gotham). Social Forces 87(2), December 2008, 1-24.
"Marketing the City in Crisis: Branding and Restructuring New York City in the 1970's and Post 9/11 Era," in Anne Cronin and Kevin Hetherington, eds., Consuming the Entrepreneurial City: Image, Memory, Spectacle. New York: Routledge, 2007.
"The World Trade Center, Fiscal Crisis, and the Marketing of Recovery." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Vol. 27, Number 2, June 2003.
"Branding Cities: A Social History of the Urban Lifestyle Magazine, 1960-2000," Urban Affairs Review, Volume 35, no 6, November, 2000.
"Coney Island and Las Vegas in the Social Imaginary: A Study in Urban Decline and Renewal," (with Sharon Zukin, et al.). Urban Affairs Review, Vol. 33, no 3, May, 1998. |
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