The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn. Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York

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• Suleiman Osman

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• 360 Seiten
• 13 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften
• Soziologie
• Urbanismus, Urbanisierung

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An original and captivating history of gentrification, this book challenges the conventional wisdom that New York City began a comeback in the 1990s, locating the roots of Brooklyn's revival in the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. Osman examines the emergence of a progressive coalition as young, well-educated brownstoners joined with poorer residents to battle city planners and local machine politicians. Deftly mixing architectural, cultural, and political history, this book offers an eye-opening perspective on the post-industrial city.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Einband: Paperback