Good neighbors
Subtitle: gentrifying diversity in Boston's South End
By: Sylvie Tissot ; translated by David Broder, with Catherine Romatowski
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781781687925
Subjects: Cultural pluralism; Gentrification; Neighborhoods; Attitudes; Middle class; Social conditions; Urban Sociology; Cultural fusion
Work titles: De bons voisins
Notes: "First published as De bons voisins : enquête dans un quartier de la bourgeoisie progressiste, Editions Raisons d'Agir, Paris, 2011."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A journey into the liberal upper middle class. The discovery of the South End ; Proximity to and distance from the research subjects; title: The birth of a local elite in a working-class neighborhood. The triumph of resident participation... ; ... For which residents? ; A neighborhood elite; title: Philanthropic adventurers. Private property and social conscience ; Love and control of diversity; title: Creating historical heritage. Connoisseurs, conservatives ; Brick and wrought iron ; Cultural distinction versus public housing ; An historic neighborhood or an artistic one?; title: Conquering the nooks and crannies. Controlling and marking space ; Social mixing, animal mixing; title: Conclusion. The making of the upper liberal middle class. A mobilized class.