Gentrification
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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From NEW! 6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement |
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 |
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From NEW! 7. Gentrification is a Metaphor |
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 |
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From NEW! 8. Gentrification is Inevitable |
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 |
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From NEW! 9. Change the Story, Change the Ending |
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 |
