Unsettling the City: Urban Land and the Politics of PropertyContemporary capitalism has produced gentrification, socio-spatial stratification and racial inequality. In this book, Nicholas Blomley shows how the concept of "property" helps to generate and underwrite these pervasive urban processes. |
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Contents
CHAPTER 1 Welcome to the Hotel California | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 Property and the Landscapes of Gentrification | 29 |
CHAPTER 3 The Moralities of Land | 75 |
CHAPTER 4 Land and the Postcolonial City | 105 |
CHAPTER 5 Back to the Land | 139 |
Notes | 157 |
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Unsettling the City: Urban Land and the Politics of Property Nicholas K. Blomley Limited preview - 2004 |
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| Title | Unsettling the City: Urban Land and the Politics of Property |
| Author | Nicholas Blomley |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1135954194, 9781135954192 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development Law / Real Estate Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development Social Science / Human Geography Social Science / Sociology / General Social Science / Sociology / Urban |
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