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A review essay on books by (1) Jeffrey Cole, The New Racism in Europe: A Sicilian Ethnography (Cambridge: Cambridge U Press, 1997); (2) Juan Jose Lahuerta, Le Corbusier y Espana ([Le Corbusier and Spain] Barcelona: Centre Cultura Contemporania Barcelona, 1997); (3) Donald McNeill, Urban Change and the European Left: Tales from the New Barcelona (London & New York, Routledge, 1999); (4) Jean-Luc Pinol, Atlas historico de ciudades europeas: Francia ([Historical Atlas of European Cities: France] Barcelona: Centre Cultura Contemporania Barcelona/Salvat, 1999); (5) Joan Pujola, De que vas, tio? ([What's Happening, Dude?] Barcelona: Empuries, 1997); & (6) Rosemary Wakeman, Modernizing the Provincial City, Toulouse 1945-47 (Cambridge: Harvard U Press, 1997). These works address the status of European Mediterranean cities as new types of global cities, highlighting their potential as models of sustainable development & environmental planning. They cover a broad base of perspectives from architects, historians, anthropologists, & linguists on issues of urban planning, policy, & social change. Cole offers ethnographic evidence collected 1988-1990 to document the persistence of classist & racist stereotypes regarding immigrants among the working & middle classes of Palermo, Italy, centered around new immigrants arriving in Sicily from the South. The politicization of immigration issues is noted. Lahuerta's edited collection of essays chronicles the contributions of urban architect Le Corbusier to the development of Barcelona, Spain, in the early 20th century, bringing to light new political influences on his work. McNeill moves ahead to the period following Francisco Franco's dictatorship to examine political factors in the urban discourses of Barcelona. He critiques the New Left & its urban reforms under socialist mayor Pasqual Maragall, extending the analysis to other socialist urban discourses throughout Europe. In another analysis of Barcelona, Pujolar examines language use & identity among working-class adolescents, focusing on changes to the Catalan language & its conflicts with Castilian as examples of the politics of language & national identity. Pinol's collection provides a comprehensive, illustrated guide to France & makes an excellent reference atlas that also manages to link various urban architectures to political & economic factors. Wakeman focuses on the city of Toulouse & its development as both an aerospace & cultural center in Europe in the immediate post-WWII era, placing this path of urban modernization within the context of political & economic changes across different decades in the city & in France as a whole. 21 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

Cultural Diversity in the U.S. South: Anthropological Contributions to. Region in Transition. Carole E. Hill and Patricia D. Beaver. eds. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. 204 pp.