Sociology & Anthropology
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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 |
 NEW! 1968 in CanadaA Year and Its Legacies |
The year 1968 in Canada was an extraordinary one, unlike any other in its frenetic pace of activities and their consequences for the development of a new national consciousness among Canadians. … | Andrew C. Holman; Christopher Kirkey; Michael K. Hawes | 400 | 2021 | View |
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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 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 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 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 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 |
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From  NEW! A Bad CollarFrom: Vancouver Vice |
This chapter examines the West End at the beginning of the 1980s, a situation Maclean’s magazine called "a curbside brothel open from noon to 4 a.m., seven days a week." It also … | Aaron Chapman | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! A Beach Like No OtherFrom: Messy Cities |
Shari Kasman writes about Bloordale Beach, a guerrilla art project that grew organically among the community as a creative placemaking initiative. | Dylan Reid | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  A Bed for the NightThe Struggle for Shelter From: Fight to Win |
In 2017/2018 Ontario Coalition Against Poverty witnessed the greatest crisis in homelessness in 3 decades. This chapter describes a successful campaign to increase Toronto shelter beds by 1,000 … | A. J. Withers | 53 | 2021 | $5.30 Add |
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From  A Better Social Safety Net for CanadaFrom: Early Intervention |
The twin purposes of this final chapter are to sum up the early intervention approach, including how its different parts might fit together, and to offer some ideas on how such an approach might … | James Hughes | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! A Bible in my HandsFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter focuses on Indigenous history, colonization, and anti-Indigenous racism in sports. Particular focus is put on Lacrosse. | Ian Kennedy | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! A Biocultural Planning Approach for Managing Transborder Cultural Heritage Landscapes |
This chapter explores the relationship between borders and the conservation of natural and cultural heritage resources in a municipal context. | Joel Konrad Scott Cafarella | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
