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  • Race, Class, and Gentrification in Brooklyn

    A View from the Street

    by Jerome Krase, Judith N. DeSena ...
    In this book, the authors “revisit” two iconic Brooklyn neighborhoods, Crown Heights-Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint-Williamsburg, where they have been active scholars since the 1970s. Krase and DeSena's comprehensive view from the street describes and analyses the neighborhoods' decline and rise with a focus on race and social class. They look closely at the strategies used to resist and ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • COVID-19 in Brooklyn

    Everyday Life During a Pandemic

    by Jerome Krase, Judith DeSena ...
    Series series The COVID-19 Pandemic Series
    COVID-19 in Brooklyn: Everyday Life During a Pandemic looks closely at the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the lives of ordinary people living in the super-gentrified Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope and Greenpoint/Williamsburg, where the authors hunkered down during the 2020 lockdown.Putting their private lives into broader scientific and public contexts, Krase and DeSena discuss a ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The World in Brooklyn

    Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City

    by Noel S. Anderson, Alessandro Busà, Evrick Brown, Jennifer Candipan, Phyllis Conn, Roberta Cordeau, William DiFazio, Shanna Farrell, Jerome Krase, Steve Lang, Tammy L. Lewis, Sara Martucci, Lorna Mason, Ed Morlock, Christina Pisano, Bengisu Peker, Mark Peterson, Nicole Riorda, Danielle Shallow, Gregory Smithsimon, Mark Treskon, Kenneth A. Gould ...
    The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Gentrification around the World, Volume I

    Gentrifiers and the Displaced

    Edited by Jerome Krase, Judith N. DeSena ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Bringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this first volume of Gentrification around the World, contributors from various academic disciplines provide individual case studies on ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Gentrification around the World, Volume II

    Innovative Approaches

    Edited by Jerome Krase, Judith N. DeSena ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Bringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this second volume of Gentrification around the World, contributors contemplate different ways of thinking about gentrification and displacement ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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