| There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up Contributor(s): Freeman, Lance (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592134378 ISBN-13: 9781592134373 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 307.341 |
| LCCN: 2005056054 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.08" W x 8.96" (0.76 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There Goes the 'Hood analyzes the experience of gentrification for residents of two predominantly black New York City neighbourhoods. It thereby adds an important yet often overlooked perspective to debates on gentrification - the residents of formerly disinvested neighbourhoods themselves. Their perspectives suggest that neither gentrification is neither entirely threatening or redemptive for urban neighbourhoods. Rather, it can both offer a better life and threaten long-established communities. While residents appreciate the opportunities, they resent that it often takes full-scale gentrification to make their neighbourhoods nice. The concluding chapters of the book suggest ways for limiting the negative aspects of gentrification and new ways of thinking about gentrification and the inner city. |