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The Last House on the Block : Black Homeowners, White Homesteaders, and Failed Gentrification in Detroit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cornelissen, Sharon.
- Series:
- Ethnographic Encounters and Discoveries Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Gentrification is not inevitable, reveals Sharon Cornelissen, in this surprising, close look at the Detroit neighborhood of Brightmoor and the harsh reality of depopulation and urban decline. In the minds of many, Detroit is undergoing a renaissance thanks to gentrifying urbanites who've been drawn to the city with the promise of cheap housing.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Moving to Detroit
- Owning Precarious Real Estate
- Newcomers' Myth of the Abandoned House
- Bucolic Blight and Conflicts over Urban Nature
- Lingering Culture, Street Life, and Histories of Violence
- The Future of the Depopulated City
- Appendix: Reflections on Real Estate, Identity, and Ethnography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-226-84472-2
- OCLC:
- 1541833991
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