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The Servant Class City: Urban Revitalization versus the Working Poor in San Diego

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Description for The Servant Class City: Urban Revitalization versus the Working Poor in San Diego Paperback. Series: Globalization and Community. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.

San Diego, California, is frequently viewed as a model for American urban revitalization. It looks like a success story, with blight and poverty replaced by high-rises and jobs. But David J. Karjanen shows that the much-touted job opportunities for poor people have been concentrated in low-paying service work as the cost of living in San Diego has soared. The Servant Class City documents how, over a period of three decades, San Diego’s urban transformation actually eroded the economic standing of the city’s working poor.

Karjanen demonstrates that urban policy in San Diego, which has been devoted to increasing tourism, has fostered ... Read more

Karjanen interweaves profiles of people with a compelling presentation of data. Each chapter addresses a significant topic: hospitality industry jobs, retail work, informal employment, “fringe banking,” and economic barriers to mobility. In revealing the true story of the “poverty traps” that are associated with low-wage jobs in the service economy, The Servant Class City complicates the rosy picture of life in an American tourist boomtown.  

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Globalization and Community
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816697489
SKU
V9780816697489
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Ref
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About David J. Karjanen
David J. Karjanen is assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Reviews for The Servant Class City: Urban Revitalization versus the Working Poor in San Diego
"Written in an accessible style, this is a cautionary tale of how urban revitalization bypasses low-income communities, constraining the economic mobility of the working poor and increasing their reliance on shady financial services and other predatory institutions."—Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago "The Servant Class City is a remarkable book. There are few other books that document growing ... Read more

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