Gentrification of the CityNeil Smith, Peter Williams The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification. It does not present a single coherent vision of the causes, effects and experiences of gentrification, but a number of different views that do not always coincide. What the authors have in common is the attempt to escape a naive empiricism which has dominated much mainstream research, as well as the conviction that questions of social class lie at the heart of this issue. This book was first published in 1986. |
Contents
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CONTRIBUTED ESSAYS | 13 |
2 Gentrification the frontier and the restructuring of urban space NEIL SMITH | 15 |
3 The chaos and complexity of gentrification ROBERT A BEAUREGARD | 35 |
4 Class constitution through spatial reconstruction? A reevaluation of gentrification in Australia Britain and the United States PETER WILLIAMS | 56 |
Victoriana in Melbourne MICHAEL JAGER | 78 |
Society Hill Philadelphia and False Creek Vancouver ROMAN A CYBRIWSKY DAVID LEY AND JOHN WESTERN | 92 |
the British condo experience CHRIS HAMNETT AND BILL RANDOLPH | 121 |
the linkages in New York City PETER MARCUSE | 153 |
9 The anatomy of displacement in the United States RICHARD T LEGATES AND CHESTER HARTMAN | 178 |
CONCLUSION | 202 |
the dynamics of contemporary urban development PETER WILLIAMS AND NEIL SMITH | 204 |
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