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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! 1. Gentrification is . . . From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	In Chapter 1, author Leslie Kern, examines the history of gentrification, how it became one of the focuses of her career as a feminist geographer, and an overview of the book’s chapters. …	Leslie Kern	17	2022	$1.70 Add
From NEW! 2. Gentrification is Natural From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 2 reflects on the damage caused by the concept (or lie) that has made most people believe gentrification is a natural part of a city’s development (ie: expected, inevitable, …	Leslie Kern	15	2022	$1.50 Add
From NEW! 3. Gentrification is about Taste From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 3 focuses on how gentrification develops cultural capital or cultural power that feeds the continued gentrification of urban spaces. Topics discussed include the Cereal Killer Café …	Leslie Kern	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From NEW! 4. Gentrification is about Money From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 4 focuses on the role of gentrification in the political economy of urban centres and how capital is tied to its continuation. Topics discussed include the example of Little …	Leslie Kern	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From NEW! 5. Gentrification is about Class From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 5 focuses on the sexual politics and gendered elements of gentrification. Topics discussed include housing precarity, sexual harassment and violence from landlords, women with children …	Leslie Kern	39	2022	$3.90 Add
From NEW! 6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 6 focuses on the physical displacement of people, families, and communities through gentrification. Topics discussed include personal accounts of displacement, the connection between …	Leslie Kern	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From NEW! 7. Gentrification is a Metaphor From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 7 critically examines the social and cultural framing of gentrification. Topics discussed include the mainstreaming of taboo issues (ie: tattoos or drag), the commodification of other …	Leslie Kern	19	2022	$1.90 Add
From NEW! 8. Gentrification is Inevitable From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 8 highlights examples of resistance to gentrification through grassroot movements, political activism, and changes in public policy. Examples discussed include the Fruit Belt CLT in …	Leslie Kern	28	2022	$2.80 Add
From NEW! 9. Change the Story, Change the Ending From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies View Between The Lines	Chapter 9 as the final chapter shares a set of principles and practices that you can take as starting points for reflection and action to offer a glimmer of hope that we can change the story of …	Leslie Kern	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From A Blue-Collar Legacy – for Better and for Worse From: Shift Change View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the dual nature of Hamilton, and poses key questions about the city. Can history be the basis for a roadmap forward? Are there unique aspects of Hamilton’s past that …	Stephen Dale	49	2021	$4.90 Add
From A Good Match Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand …	Jake Ootes	5	2020	$0.50 Add
A Halifax Boyhood Growing up on the city's outskirts in the 1940s and 50s Formac Publishing	Anyone who grew up in the late 1940s and 50s will recognize themselves and their experiences in this story of a Halifax boyhood. Whether its the thrill of skating while holding someones hand for …	Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel	96	2014	View
From A Lonely Campaign against Sprawl From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	1970s. I saw my role as tackling controversial issues and providing leadership for change, even if common wisdom tended in a different direction, and that was probably most evident in the work I …	John Sewell	17	2015	$1.70 Add
From A Miniature House of Commons Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the …	Jake Ootes	13	2020	$1.30 Add
From “A Realm of Monuments and Water” Lorde-ian Erotics and Shange’s African Diaspora Cosmopolitanism From: Black Geographies View Between The Lines	The continued influence of oppressive “narratives of the past” sheds light on a benefit of African Diaspora Cosmopolitanism: it offers ways of defining concepts such as …	Kimberly N. Ruffin	17	2007	$1.70 Add
From A Reform City Council From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	the 1972 election brought new blood to the city council and Sewell discusses how Larger decision-making bodies often hamper debate, but our council was of a manageable size. The openness and the …	John Sewell	26	2015	$2.60 Add