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Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
Sharon Zukin
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
As cities have gentrified, educated urbanites have come to prize what they regard as "authentic" urban life: aging buildings, art galleries, and funky ethnic restaurants. But as Sharon Zukin shows in Naked City, the pervasive demand for authenticity has helped drive out the very people who first lent a neighborhood its authentic aura: immigrants, the working class, and artists. Through a guided tour of six archetypal New York City neighborhoods, Zukin shows how the emphasis on distinctiveness has become a tool of economic elites to drive up real estate values and force out the neighborhood "characters" that people often idealize. ... Read more
As cities have gentrified, educated urbanites have come to prize what they regard as "authentic" urban life: aging buildings, art galleries, and funky ethnic restaurants. But as Sharon Zukin shows in Naked City, the pervasive demand for authenticity has helped drive out the very people who first lent a neighborhood its authentic aura: immigrants, the working class, and artists. Through a guided tour of six archetypal New York City neighborhoods, Zukin shows how the emphasis on distinctiveness has become a tool of economic elites to drive up real estate values and force out the neighborhood "characters" that people often idealize. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
424g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199794461
SKU
V9780199794461
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About Sharon Zukin
Sharon Zukin is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Loft Living , Landscapes of Power (winner of the C. Wright Mills Award), The Cultures of Cities , and Point of Purchase.
Reviews for Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
an important study of the social and commercial forces redefining our cities.
P D Smith, The Guardian
P D Smith, The Guardian