The gentrification reader / edited by Loretta Lees, Tom Slater and Elvin Wyly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Lees, Loretta.

Slater, Tom, 1975-

Wyly, Elvin K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentrification.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 617 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

This Reader brings together the classic writings and contemporary literature that has helped to define the field of Gentrification, changed the direction of how it is studied and illustrated the points of conflict and consensus that are distinctive of gentrification research.

Contents:

1. London: Aspects of Change / Ruth Glass

2. Alternatives to Orthodoxy: Invitation to a Debate / Neil Smith / Peter Williams

3. The Chaos and Complexity of Gentrification / Robert A. Beauregard

4. The Order and Simplicity of Gentrification

a Political Challenge / Eric Clark

5. The Mature Revitalized Neighborhood: Emerging Issues in Gentrification / Phillip L. Clay

6. Islands of Renewal in Seas of Decay / Brian J. L. Berry

7. The Demise of Gentrification? A Commentary and Prospective View / Larry S. Bourne

8. The Changing State of Gentrification / Neil Smith / Jason Hackworth

9. Toward a Theory of Gentrification: A Back to the City Movement by Capital, not People / Neil Smith

10A. Commentary: Gentrification and the Rent Gap / Neil Smith

10B. Reply: The Rent Gap Revisited / David Ley

11. The Rent Gap Debunked / Steven C. Bourassa

12. Re-establishing the Rent Gap: An Alternative View of Capitalised Land Rent / Daniel J. Hammel

13. Gentrification and the Politics of the New Middle Class / David Ley

14. Class Definition and the Esthetics of Gentrification: Victoriana in Melbourne / Michael Jager

15. 'Gentrification' and Desire / Jon Caulfield

16. 'Life on the Upslope': The Postmodern Landscape of Gentrification / Caroline A. Mills

17. Rethinking Gentrification: Beyond the Uneven Development of Marxist Urban Theory / Damaris Rose

18. Gentrification: Culture and Capital in the Urban Core / Sharon Zukin

19. The Blind Men and the Elephant: The Explanation of Gentrification / Chris Hamnett

20. On Blindness, Centrepieces and Complementarity in Gentrification Theory / Eric Clark

21. Gender Divisions and Gentrification: A Critique / Liz Bondi

22. Toward an Analysis of the Role of Gay Communities in the Urban Renaissance / Mickey Lauria / Lawrence Knopp

23. Can You Go Home Again? Black Gentrification and the Dilemma of Difference / Monique M. Taylor

24. Negotiating Grit and Glamour: Young Women of Color and the Gentrification of the Lower East Side / Caitlin Cahill

25. Neighborhood Revitalization and Displacement: A Review of the Evidence / Howard J. Sumka

26. Abandonment, Gentrification, and Displacement: The Linkages in New York City / Peter Marcuse

27. The Hidden Costs of Gentrification: Displacement in Central London / Rowland Atkinson

28. Gentrification and Displacement: New York City in the 1990s / Frank Braconi / Lance Freeman

29. A Reappraisal of Gentrification: Towards a 'Geography of Gentrification' / Loretta Lees

30. Social Capital, Gentrification and Neighbourhood Change in London: A Comparison of Three South London Neighbourhoods / Tim Butler / Garry Robson

31. I Want to be Global': Theorising the Gentrifying Class as an Emergent Elite Global Community / Matthew W. Rofe

32. Other Geographies of Gentrification / Martin Phillips

33. The Case for Gentrification / William H. Whyte

34. Islands of Decay in Seas of Renewal: Housing Policy and the Resurgence of Gentrification / Daniel J. Hammel / Elvin K. Wyly

35. New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy / Neil Smith

36. Gentrification as a Governmental Strategy: Social Control and Social Cohesion in Hoogvliet, Rotterdam / Reinout Kleinhans / Justus Uitermark / Jan Willem Duyvendak

37. The Right to Stay Put / Chester Hartman

38. The Right to Stay Put, Revisited: Gentrification and Resistance to Displacement in New York City / Kathe Newman / Elvin K. Wyly

39. The Eviction of Critical Perspectives from Gentrification Research / Tom Slater

40. In the Face of Gentrification: Conclusion / Jennifer Comey / Diane K. Levy / Sandra Padilla.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-601) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Other Format:

Online version: Gentrification reader.

ISBN:

9780415548397

041554839X

9780415548403

0415548403

OCLC:

432315115