Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State

by Samuel Stein

Book Overview

"This superbly succinct and incisive book" on urban planning and real estate argues gentrification isn't driven by latte-sipping hipsters--but is engineered by the capitalist state (Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map)

Our cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786636395
• ISBN13: 9781786636393
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"