Cities after modernism / Michael P. Smith -- The stimulus of a little confusion: a contemporary comparison of Amsterdam and Los Angeles / Edward W. Soja -- Frankfurt: global city -- local politics / Roger Keil and Peter Lieser -- Economic crisis and structural adjustment: the changing labor market of San José, Costa Rica / Richard Tardanico -- The bubbling cauldron: global and local interactions in New York City restaurants / Sharon Zukin [and others] -- Ethnicity, race, class, and ideology come together in L.A. / Allen D. Heskin -- Apartment restructuring and Latino immigrant tenant struggles: a case study of human agency / Nestor P. Rodriquez and Jacqueline M. Hagan -- Review essay: From dualism to territorial problematic in Italy: a restructuring of industry and theory / Marco Cenzatti.