| Protecting One's Turf, Revised Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): DeSena, Judith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761829814 ISBN-13: 9780761829812 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $48.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2005 Annotation: Protecting One's Turf is a qualitative study that both analyzes informal residential segregation and investigates the effects of racial segregation. The focus of the study is Greenpoint, a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. The book's first edition chronicled the strategies employed to maintain a predominantly white community in Greenpoint. The revised edition examines the community's continuing gentrification. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Education |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.58" W x 8.5" (0.40 lbs) 132 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Protecting One's Turf is a qualitative study that both analyzes informal residential segregation and investigates the effects of racial segregation. The focus of the study is Greenpoint, a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. The book's first edition chronicled the community-wide strategies employed to maintain a predominantly white community in Greenpoint. The revised edition examines the community's continuing gentrification. |