Race, Real Estate and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020 - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edward M. EpsteinSeries:Urban Life, Landscape and PolicyPublish date:9/12/2025Pages:218
Language:EnglishPublisher:Temple University PressISBN-13:9781439926314ISBN-10:143992631XUPC:9781439926314Book Category:Social Science, Education, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, Schools, Public PolicyBook Topic:Urban, Levels, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SC6F976NCS
Race, Real Estate and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020
Philadelphia's urban renewal efforts in the 1950s, which re-envisioned the city as a residential enclave, were an early example of gentrification. In West Philadelphia in the 1960s, a coalition of universities and hospitals went further, initiating K-12 public school improvements meant to attract an affluent and whiter population. As Edward Epstein details in Race, Real Estate, and Education,...
Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy
Language:EnglishPublisher:Temple University PressISBN-13:9781439926314ISBN-10:143992631XUPC:9781439926314Book Category:Social Science, Education, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, Schools, Public PolicyBook Topic:Urban, Levels, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SC6F976NCS
Edward M. Epstein is the Alan J. Lee Director at the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia. He is the coauthor of Race, Gender, and Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations.
Publisher: Temple University Press
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