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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil Smith |
ISBN: | 041513255X 9780415132558 0415132541 9780415132541 9780203975640 0203975642 |
OCLC Number: | 33407252 |
Description: | xx, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : "Class struggle on Avenue B": the Lower East Side as wild wild west -- Is gentrification a dirty word? -- Part I. Toward a theory of gentrification : Local arguments: from "consumer sovereignty" to the rent gap -- Global arguments: uneven development -- Social arguments: of yuppies and housing -- Part II. The global is the local : Market, state and ideology: society hill -- Catch-22: the gentrification of Harlen? -- On generalities and exceptions: three European cities -- Part III. The revanchist city : Mapping the gentrification frontier -- From gentrification to the revanchist city. |
Responsibility: | Neil Smith. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | .b16075559 |
Abstract:
Documenting in gritty detail the conflicts that gentrification brings to the new urban 'frontiers', Neil Smith explores the interconnections of urban policy, eviction and homelessness.
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'An invaluable resource for urban researchers.' - Progress in Human Geography'A highly inforamtive and worthwhile read' - International Planning Studies'...a very fine book indeed.' - European Urban and Regional Studies'Smith's book is a superb piece of writing and a splendid read...' - TIBG 1998, Vol 3 Read more...
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