A neighborhood that never changes gentrification, social preservation, and the search for authenticity japonica brown-saracino.
Series: Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780226076621; 9780226076638
Subjects: Gentrification -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The research sites and methods; title: Beyond pioneering: social homesteaders as uneasy gentrifiers; title: Social preservation; title: The varying strategies of social preservation; title: The real people: selecting the authentic old-timer; title: Locating social preservation; title: Self-representation: old-timers' perspectives.