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The misunderstood history of gentrification : people, planning, preservation, and urban renewal, 1915-2020

Title
The misunderstood history of gentrification : people, planning, preservation, and urban renewal, 1915-2020 / Dennis E. Gale.
Author
Gale, Dennis E.
Publication
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xii, 238 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Offers evidence that the phenomenon of American gentrification has much earlier historical roots than many believe, and argues that a more thorough understanding of this history has implications for how we should think about impoverished communities, "obsolete" structures, and urban neighborhoods going forward."--
Series Statement
Urban life, landscape, and policy
Uniform Title
Urban life, landscape, and policy.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Gentrification > United States > History > 20th century
  • Urban renewal > United States > History > 20th century
  • Gentrification
  • Urban renewal
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Embryonic gentrification in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., 1915-1945 -- Embryonic gentrification in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, 1915-1945 -- Embryonic gentrification in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, 1915-1945 -- Early embryonic gentrification, an Atlantic and Gulf Coast phenomenon -- Federal policies to reverse urban decline, 1949-1974 -- The decade of the neighborhood and the "discovery" of gentrification -- Embryonic gentrification and advanced gentrification, 1980-2018 -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 21-4943
ISBN
  • 9781439920428
  • 1439920427
  • 9781439920435
  • 1439920435
LCCN
  • 2020013136
  • 40030431302
OCLC
1145586620
Author
Gale, Dennis E., author.
Title
The misunderstood history of gentrification : people, planning, preservation, and urban renewal, 1915-2020 / Dennis E. Gale.
Publisher
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Urban life, landscape, and policy
Urban life, landscape, and policy.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Form:
Online version: Gale, Dennis Earl, 1942- The misunderstood history of gentrification Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2021. 9781439920442 (DLC) 2020013137
Other Standard Identifier
40030431302
Research Call Number
JFE 21-4943
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