Gentrification

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies Between The Lines	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: Africville An African Nova Scotian Community is Demolished – and Fights Back James Lorimer and Company	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 Riot The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver Arsenal Pulp Press	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 . . . 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! Foreword From: White Riot View Arsenal Pulp Press	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 From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville View James Lorimer and Company	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 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 Prologue Slavery in the Americas From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville View James Lorimer and Company	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 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 Coming to Nova Scotia From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville View James Lorimer and Company	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 Standing The Embodied History of 360 Riot Walk From: White Riot View Arsenal Pulp Press	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 Script From: White Riot View Arsenal Pulp Press	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 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 Settling Africville From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville View James Lorimer and Company	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 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 Life in Africville From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville View James Lorimer and Company	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