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There Goes the Hood
Lance Freeman
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Description for There Goes the Hood
Paperback. Analyzes the experience of gentrification for residents of two predominantly black New York City neighbourhoods. This book aims to dispute the conventional wisdom that gentrification is almost always a bad thing for long-term residents of disinvested neighborhoods. It also suggests ways for limiting the negative aspects of gentrification. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JHMP; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
In this revealing book, Lance Freeman sets out to answer a seemingly simple question: how does gentrification actually affect residents of neighborhoods in transition? To find out, Freeman does what no scholar before him has done. He interviews the indigenous residents of two predominantly black neighborhoods that are in the process of gentrification: Harlem and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. By listening closely to what people tell him, he creates a more nuanced picture of the impacts of gentrification on the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of the people who stay in their neighborhoods. Freeman describes the theoretical and planning/policy implications of ... Read more
In this revealing book, Lance Freeman sets out to answer a seemingly simple question: how does gentrification actually affect residents of neighborhoods in transition? To find out, Freeman does what no scholar before him has done. He interviews the indigenous residents of two predominantly black neighborhoods that are in the process of gentrification: Harlem and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. By listening closely to what people tell him, he creates a more nuanced picture of the impacts of gentrification on the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of the people who stay in their neighborhoods. Freeman describes the theoretical and planning/policy implications of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592134373
SKU
V9781592134373
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About Lance Freeman
Lance Freeman is Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University.
Reviews for There Goes the Hood
"An important book. We know very little about black neighborhoods and how they are changing. There Goes the 'Hood will add much to the gentrification debates."-Kathe Newman, Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University