The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Japonica Brown-SaracinoSeries:Princeton Studies in Cultural SociologyPublish date:1/13/2026Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691244358ISBN-10:691244359UPC:9780691244358Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, Public Policy, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:Urban, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.29 x 6.22 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SC71TEBJJ9
The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea
A provocative account of what is gained and what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a life all its own
Sociologist Ruth Glass coined the term gentrification in the 1960s to mark the displacement of working-class residents in London neighborhoods by the professional classes. The Death and Life of Gentrification traces how the word has far outgrown...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691244358ISBN-10:691244359UPC:9780691244358Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, Public Policy, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:Urban, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.29 x 6.22 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SC71TEBJJ9
Japonica Brown-Saracino is a regular commentator for major news organizations such as CNN, The New York Times, and The Atlantic and is the award-winning author of A Neighborhood that Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity and How Places Make Us: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities. She is professor of sociology and women's, gender, and...
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