The Roots of Urban Renaissance : : Gentrification and the Struggle over Harlem / / Brian D. Goldstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Goldstein, Brian D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.) :; 42 halftones, 1 map
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Reforming Renewal --; 2. Black Utopia --; 3. Own a Piece of the Block --; 4. The Urban Homestead in the Age of Fiscal Crisis --; 5. Managing Change --; 6. Making Markets Uptown --; Conclusion. Between the Two Harlems --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Illustration Credits --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674973480; 9783110543315; 9783110638516
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674973480
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Brian D. Goldstein.

In charting the growth of gleaming shopping centers and refurbished brownstones in Harlem, Brian Goldstein shows that gentrification was not imposed on an unwitting community by opportunistic developers or outsiders. It grew from the neighborhood’s grassroots, producing a legacy that benefited some longtime residents and threatened others.