1st Edition
The New Urban Frontier Gentrification and the Revanchist City
By Neil Smith
Copyright 1996
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay into new chic? Will the process continue in the twenty-first century or has it ended? What does this mean for the people who live there? Can they do anything about it? This book challenges conventional wisdom, which holds gentrification to... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 “Class Struggle on Avenue B”; Chapter 2 Is Gentrification a Dirty Word?; Part 1 Toward a Theory of Gentrification; Chapter 3 Local Arguments; Chapter 4 Global Arguments; Chapter 5 Social Arcuments; Part 2 The Global is the Local; Chapter 6 Market, State and Ideology; Chapter 7 Catch-22; Chapter 8 On Generalities and Exceptions; Part 3 The Revanchist City; Chapter 9 Mapping the Gentrification Frontier; Chapter 10 From Gentrification to the Revanchist City;
Biography
Neil Smith is professor of Geography and acting Director of the Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture. An urban geographer and social theorist, he has written extensively on gentrification, the history of geography, and the production of nature. He is author of Uneven Development (Blackwell 1991) and of the forthcoming The Geographical Pivot of History: Isaiah Bowman and the American Century (John Hopkins Press).
'An invaluable resource for urban researchers.' - Progress in Human Geography
'A highly inforamtive and worthwhile read' - International Planning Studies
'...a very fine book indeed.' - European Urban and Regional Studies
'Smith's book is a superb piece of writing and a splendid read...' - TIBG 1998, Vol 3
