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The World in Brooklyn
Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City
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2012
Summary
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 while also contributing to them. The idea for this volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn. Brooklyn has always been legendary and has more recently regained its stature as a much sought after place to live, work and have fun. Popular folklore has it that most U.S. residents trace their family origins to Brooklyn. It is presently referred to as one of the “hippest” places in New York. Thus, this book is a collection of demographic, ethnographic, and comparative studies which focus on urban dynamics in Brooklyn. The chapters investigate issues of social class, urban development, immigration, race, ethnicity and politics within the context of Brooklyn.
As a whole, this book considers both theoretical and practical urban issues. In most cases the scholarly perspective is on everyday life. With this in mind there are also social justice concerns. Issues of social segregation and attendant homogenization are brought to light. Moreover, social class and race advantages or disadvantages, as part of urban processes, are underscored through critiques of local policy decisions throughout the chapters. A common thread is the assertion by contributors that planning the future of Brooklyn needs to include multi-ethnic, racial, and economic groups, those very residents who make-up Brooklyn.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-6670-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6671-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
418
Product type
Edited Book
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Chapter 01. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
Chapter 02. Mapping a Changing Brooklyn, Mapping a Changing World No access Pages 7 - 50
Chapter 03. Forgetting Poverty in Brooklyn and the United States No access Pages 51 - 64
Chapter 04. Gentrification in Everyday Life in Brooklyn No access Pages 65 - 88
Chapter 05. “Williamsburg Walks” No access Pages 89 - 112
Chapter 06. The Environmental Injustice of Green Gentrification No access Pages 113 - 146
Chapter 07. Rezoning Coney Island No access Pages 147 - 184
Chapter 08. The Gowanus Canal No access Pages 185 - 210
Chapter 09. Striving for Sustainability on the Urban Waterfront No access Pages 211 - 236
Chapter 10. Riding the Bus in Brooklyn No access Pages 237 - 258
Chapter 11. Brooklyn and Belleville No access Pages 259 - 288
Chapter 12. Constructing an Oppositional Community No access Pages 289 - 312
Chapter 13. An Ethnography of Local Politics in a Brooklyn Caribbean Community No access Pages 313 - 336
Chapter 14. The Dual Roles of Brighton Beach No access Pages 337 - 362
Chapter 15. Hood Politics No access Pages 363 - 378
Chapter 16. Revising Canarsie No access Pages 379 - 406
