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ISBN: 162106851X ISBN-13: 9781621068518 Publisher: Microcosm Publishing OUR PRICE: $4.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Series: Scene History |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 6.9" W x 8.3" (0.40 lbs) 56 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How often do you think about gentrification? Probably not often, unless it's happening right around you. I know I don't. And, even if you are witnessing it firsthand, you might not be against it. You might think that getting rid of those old run-down buildings and cleaning up the place is a good idea. But gentrification isn't that simple. In most cases, it means that indigenous, usually lower-income, families are uprooted from the neighborhoods that they grew up in so that higher-income folks can come in and get cheap real estate, fix it up, and take the neighborhoods as their own. |