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Japonica Brown-Saracino

A Neighborhood That Never Changes

Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity

352 pages, 22 halftones, 3 maps, 10 tables  6 x 9  © 2009
Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries

Cloth $90.00

ISBN: 9780226076621   Pre-order now. Will publish January 2010

Paper $30.00

ISBN: 9780226076638   Pre-order now. Will publish February 2010

Preface  ix

Acknowledgments 

 

Introduction

1  The Research Sites and Methods  

2  Beyond Pioneering: Social Homesteaders as Uneasy Gentrifiers  

3  Social Preservation  

4  The Varying Strategies of Social Preservation  

5  The Real People: Selecting the Authentic Old-Timer  

6  Locating Social Preservation  

7  Self-Representation: Old-Timers’ Perspectives  

Conclusion  

 

Appendix 1: Research and Sampling Methods 

Appendix 2: Interview Guide 

Notes 

References 

Index 
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