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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Main Author: Brown-Saracino, Japonica
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.
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.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (313 p.).
ISBN:9780691244365 (electronic bk.)
0691244367