The world in Brooklyn : gentrification, immigration, and ethnic politics in a global city /
The world in Brooklyn : gentrification, immigration, and ethnic politics in a global city /
edited by Judith DeSena and Timothy Shortell.
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012.
- 1 online resource (xii, 418 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Figures; Tables; Chapter 01. Introduction; Chapter 02. Mapping a Changing Brooklyn, Mapping a Changing World; Chapter 03. Forgetting Poverty in Brooklyn and the United States; Chapter 04. Gentrification in Everyday Life in Brooklyn; Chapter 05. "Williamsburg Walks"; Chapter 06. The Environmental Injustice of Green Gentrification; Chapter 07. Rezoning Coney Island; Chapter 08. The Gowanus Canal; Chapter 09. Striving for Sustainability on the Urban Waterfront; Chapter 10. Riding the Bus in Brooklyn; Chapter 11. Brooklyn and Belleville. Chapter 12. Constructing an Oppositional CommunityChapter 13. An Ethnography of Local Politics in a Brooklyn Caribbean Community; Chapter 14. The Dual Roles of Brighton Beach; Chapter 15. Hood Politics; Chapter 16. Revising Canarsie; Index; About the Contributors.
The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces.
English.
9780739166710 ebook 0739166719 0739166700 (hbk.) 9781280659003 (MyiLibrary) 1280659009 (MyiLibrary) 9780739166703 (hbk.) 9786613635938 6613635936
363593 MIL 9379C928-6230-4764-B500-4CE4A4147362 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2021678694
Gentrification--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Community development--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Economic history.
Ethnic relations.
Gentrification.
Social conditions
Community development.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
HN80.B856
307.3/416097471
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Figures; Tables; Chapter 01. Introduction; Chapter 02. Mapping a Changing Brooklyn, Mapping a Changing World; Chapter 03. Forgetting Poverty in Brooklyn and the United States; Chapter 04. Gentrification in Everyday Life in Brooklyn; Chapter 05. "Williamsburg Walks"; Chapter 06. The Environmental Injustice of Green Gentrification; Chapter 07. Rezoning Coney Island; Chapter 08. The Gowanus Canal; Chapter 09. Striving for Sustainability on the Urban Waterfront; Chapter 10. Riding the Bus in Brooklyn; Chapter 11. Brooklyn and Belleville. Chapter 12. Constructing an Oppositional CommunityChapter 13. An Ethnography of Local Politics in a Brooklyn Caribbean Community; Chapter 14. The Dual Roles of Brighton Beach; Chapter 15. Hood Politics; Chapter 16. Revising Canarsie; Index; About the Contributors.
The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces.
English.
9780739166710 ebook 0739166719 0739166700 (hbk.) 9781280659003 (MyiLibrary) 1280659009 (MyiLibrary) 9780739166703 (hbk.) 9786613635938 6613635936
363593 MIL 9379C928-6230-4764-B500-4CE4A4147362 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2021678694
Gentrification--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Community development--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Economic history.
Ethnic relations.
Gentrification.
Social conditions
Community development.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
HN80.B856
307.3/416097471