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The Street
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The Street

By Ann Petry ,

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Take Back the Land: Land, Gentrification & the Umoja Village Shantytown
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Take Back the Land

By Max Rameau ,

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Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place
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Urban Fortunes

By John R. Logan , Harvey Molotch ,

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My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store
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My Korean Deli

By Ben Ryder Howe ,

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Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City
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Black in Place

By Brandi Thompson Summers ,

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Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City
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Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

By Derek S. Hyra ,

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African Americans and Gentrification in Washington, D.C.: Race, Class and Social Justice in the Nation's Capital
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African Americans and Gentrification in Washington, D.C.

By Sabiyha Prince ,

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Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
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Chocolate City

By Chris Myers Asch , George Derek Musgrove ,

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A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America
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A Haven and a Hell

By Lance Freeman ,

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Citizen Illegal
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Citizen Illegal

By Jose Olivarez ,

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The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City
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The New Urban Frontier

By Neil Smith ,

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Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School
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Learning in Public

By Courtney Martin ,

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Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism
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Hollow City

By Rebecca Solnit , Susan Schwartzenberg (photographer) ,

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