Gentrification
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() NEW! Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies |
From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time. … | Leslie Kern | 258 | 2022 | View |
![]() Righting Canada’s Wrongs: AfricvilleAn African Nova Scotian Community is Demolished – and Fights Back |
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the history of Halifax’s Africville community with particular emphasis on the lived … | Gloria Ann Wesley | 98 | 2019 | View |
![]() NEW! White RiotThe 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver |
White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver explores the conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion … | Henry Tsang | 192 | 2023 | View |
From ![]() NEW! 1. Gentrification is . . . |
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! ForewordFrom: White Riot |
The foreword to this book discusses the increase in Chinese and Japanese labourers immigrating to Vancouver, the building of Chinatown and Powell Street, and the racist ideology that led to the … | Patricia E. Roy | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Introduction |
The introduction provides a brief summary of the history of Africville, introduces some of the individuals whose stories are told in the book and outlines the goals of the book. | Gloria Ann Wesley | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! 2. Gentrification is Natural |
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 ![]() PrologueSlavery in the Americas |
This chapter looks at the history of slavery in North America. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. | Gloria Ann Wesley | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() NEW! 3. Gentrification is about Taste |
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 ![]() Coming to Nova Scotia |
This chapter discusses how Black settlers arrived in Nova Scotia and what Nova Scotia was like when they arrived. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. | Gloria Ann Wesley | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Where You Are StandingThe Embodied History of 360 Riot Walk From: White Riot |
This chapter provides a complete breakdown of the inception and creative process behind the 360 Riot Walk. It includes how information was sourced, why each stop in the tour was chosen, the meal … | Henry Tsang | 32 | 2023 | $3.20 Add |
From ![]() NEW! 360 Walk ScriptFrom: White Riot |
This chapter includes a print version of the complete 360 Riot Walk. It includes the script and illustrations for each stop on the tour. | Michael Barnholden | 48 | 2023 | $4.80 Add |
From ![]() NEW! 4. Gentrification is about Money |
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 ![]() Settling Africville |
This chapter recounts the founding of Africville and the experience of the early settlers as well as the impact of the Halifax Explosion on the community. It illustrates this with drawings, … | Gloria Ann Wesley | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! 5. Gentrification is about Class |
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 ![]() Life in Africville |
This chapter describes the experience of the residents of Africville. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. | Gloria Ann Wesley | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |