Gentrification and inequality in Brooklyn : the new kids on the block /

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Author / Creator:	DeSena, Judith N.
Imprint:	Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2009.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 98 p., [10] p. of plates )
Language:	English
Subject:	Gentrification -- New York (State) -- New York. Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York. Economic history. Gentrification. Social conditions. Urban renewal. Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions. Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions. New York (State) -- New York -- Greenpoint. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403248

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ISBN:	9780739138090 073913809X 9780739123423 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739123424 (cloth : alk. paper) 1282494767 9781282494763 9786612494765 661249476X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	While most studies on gentrification focus almost exclusively on its causes and consequences through an examination of housing, class conflict, and the displacement of residents, this book analyzes the process of gentrification. Gentrification and Inequality in Brooklyn examines the ways in which the established working-class and lower-income residents of Greenpoint, Brooklyn remain socially segregated from the incoming gentrifiers, with both groups forming parallel cultures within the sharedphysical spaces of the community. Desena broadens the typical analyses of gentrification to include the.
Other form:	Print version: Gentrification and inequality in Brooklyn Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2009. 9780739123423 (cloth : alk. paper)

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