The Death and Life of Gentrification A New Map of a Persistent Idea.
A provocative account of what is gained and what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a life all its own Sociologist Ruth Glass coined the term gentrification in the 1960s to mark the displacement of working-class residents in London neighborhoods by the pr...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology Series.
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| Summary: | A provocative account of what is gained and what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a life all its own Sociologist Ruth Glass coined the term gentrification in the 1960s to mark the displacement of working-class residents in London neighborhoods by the professional classes. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (313 p.). |
| ISBN: | 9780691244365 (electronic bk.) 0691244367 |