Gentrification and inequality in Brooklyn : the new kids on the block / Judith N. DeSena.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeSena, Judith N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentrification--New York (State)--Greenpoint (New York).

Gentrification.

New York (State).

Urban renewal--New York (State)--Greenpoint (New York).

Urban renewal.

Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.).

Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

vii, 98 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2009]

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 gentrifies, with both groups forming parallel cultures within the shared physical and social spaces of the community. DeSena broadens the typical analyses of gentrification to include the grassroots dynamics that lead to residential segregation created by social class relations. Drawing upon areas traditionally underrepresented in urban sociology, including families, women, children, and local institutions other than housing, this study explores the ways in which working-class residents, in the course of their everyday lives, negotiate change in their neighborhood and dissimilarity with their new (gentry) neighbors. Gentrification and inequality in Brooklyn touches on issues familiar to anyone who has lived in a multiclass or multiethnic community, while offering new perspectives on the ways that such communities develop and maintain the boundaries of social segregation.

Contents:

Gentrification, segregation, and negotiation in the city

The neighborhood of Greenpoint

Neighborhood demographics and change

Gentrification in everyday life

Gentrification and local schools : women shape the urban landscape

Soccer moms in the city

Views of Manhattan for sale : rezoning for residential development on the East River

Conclusions: what it means for the future of the city.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739123423

0739123424

OCLC:

318057745