What a City Is for: Remaking the Politics of Displacement

by Matt Hern

Book Overview

An investigation into gentrification and displacement, focusing on the case of Portland, Oregon's systematic dispersal of black residents from its Albina neighborhood. Portland, Oregon, is one of the most beautiful, livable cities in the United States. It has walkable neighborhoods, bike lanes, low-density housing, public transportation, and significant green space -- not to mention craft-beer bars and locavore food trucks. But liberal Portland is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262034883
• ISBN13: 9780262034883
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher