Joseph Heathcott is a writer, photographer, educator, and Chair of Urban and Environmental Studies at The New School. His work has appeared in a wide range of venues, including books, academic journals, magazines, exhibits, and juried art shows. His most recent books include Urban Infrastructure: Historical and Social Dimensions of an Interconnected World; The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure Design: Global Perspectives from Architectural History; and Capturing the City: Photographs from the Streets of St. Louis, 1900–1930.
Readable and succinct, with engaging images throughout. Heathcott makes the case for Queens as an example of how people from around the world can live together peacefully, adding to the diversity and cultural dynamism of the city at the same time.---Aaron Shkuda, Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities Global Queens challenges us to think about the personal and economic ties that connect places near and far, crossing national borders on all parts of the globe, and about how we define a city and its people.---Steven T. Moga, Smith College