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UNINA9910461605703321 |
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Titolo |
The world in Brooklyn [[electronic resource] ] : gentrification, immigration, and ethnic politics in a global city / / Judith DeSena ... [et al.] |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-65900-9 |
9786613635938 |
0-7391-6671-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (431 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Community development - New York (State) - New York |
Gentrification - New York (State) - New York |
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Ethnic relations |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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