The invention of brownstone Brooklyn: gentrification and the search for authenticity in postwar New York

The invention of brownstone Brooklyn: gentrification and the search for authenticity in postwar New York

Osman, Suleiman

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The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn offers an original and captivating history of gentrification, challenging the conventional wisdom that New York City began a comeback in the 1990s and locating the roots of Brooklyn's revival in the social upheavals of the 1960 and 1970s. INDICE: Introduction; Ch 1. Urban Wilderness; Ch 2. Concord Village; Ch 3.The Middle Cityscape; Ch 4. The Two Machines in the Garden; Ch 5. The Highwayin the Garden; Ch 6. Inventing Brownstone Brooklyn; Ch 7. The Neighborhood Movement; Conclusion: Brownstone Brooklyn Invented; Notes; Bibliography

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-538731-5
  • Editorial: Oxford University
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 352
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés