Cosmopolitan Culture

by Bonnie Menes Kahn

Overview

From Simon & Schuster, Cosmopolitan Culture is Bonnie Menes Kahn's exploration of the gilt-edged dream of a tolerant city.

"The author attempts to identify common features of great cities, past and present. Consequently, the reader is shuttled breathlessly from Babylon to Constantinople to Vienna to New York with brief side junkets. Kahn concludes that common characteristics of the great city meaning and purpose, tolerance, etc.created an environment where outsiders felt welcome to join the cosmopolitan culture and in the process strengthen it." —Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780743244039
Publisher:	Scribner
Publication date:	06/07/2002
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bonnie Menes Kahn is the author of Cosmopolitan Culture.

Editorial Reviews

The author attempts to identify common features of great cities, past and present. Consequently, the reader is shuttled breathlessly from Babylon to Constantinople to Vienna to New York with brief side junkets. Kahn concludes that common characteristics of the great citymeaning and purpose, tolerance, etc.created an environment where outsiders felt welcome to join the cosmopolitan culture and in the process strengthen it. Though this book is generally interesting and informative, it frequently seems superficial and almost simplistic. Generalizations abound. Mildly recommended for larger public libraries. Mark R. Yerburgh, Trinity Coll. Lib., Burlington, Vt.

Library Journal