A neighborhood that never changes : gentrification, social preservation, and the search for authenticity /

A neighborhood that never changes : gentrification, social preservation, and the search for authenticity /

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Contesting many long standing assumptions about gentrification Japonica Brown-Saracino reveals the unexpected ways in which beliefs about authenticity, place & change play out in the social, political & economic lives of very different neighbourhoods

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown-Saracino, Japonica (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Chicago : [2009]
Series:Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Subjects:
Gentrification > United States > Case studies
Gentrification
Gentrifizierung
Sozialstruktur
USA
United States
Electronic books
Case studies
Dictionaries
Table of Contents:
  • The research sites and methods
  • Beyond pioneering: social homesteaders as uneasy gentrifiers
  • Social preservation
  • The varying strategies of social preservation
  • The real people: selecting the authentic old-timer
  • Locating social preservation
  • Self-representation: old-timers' perspectives
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Research Sites and Methods
  • 2. Beyond Pioneering: Social Homesteaders as Uneasy Gentrifiers
  • 3. Social Preservation
  • 4. The Varying Strategies of Social Preservation
  • 5. The Real People: Selecting the Authentic Old-Timer
  • 6. Locating Social Preservation
  • 7. Self-Representation: Old-Timers' Perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Research and Sampling Methods
  • Appendix 2: Interview Guide
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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