{"product_id":"the-right-to-suburbia-combating-gentrification-on-the-urban-edge-paperback","title":"The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWillow S. Lung-Amam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, American suburbs have undergone a so-called renaissance as multiple forces have transformed them into denser urban landscapes. Yet at the same time, suburban racial diversity, immigration, and poverty rates have surged. \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Suburbia\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how marginalized communities in the suburbs of Washington, DC--one of the most intensely gentrifying metropolitan regions in the United States--have battled the uneven costs and benefits of redevelopment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Willow Lung-Amam narrates the efforts of activists, community groups, and political leaders fighting for communities' \"right to suburbia\"--that is, their right to stay put and benefit from new neighborhood investments. Revealing the far-reaching impacts of state-led redevelopment, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Suburbia\u003c\/i\u003e shows how patterns of unequal, racialized development and displacement are being produced and reproduced in suburbs--and how communities are fighting back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of lessons about organizing in the suburbs and building a suburban anti-displacement toolbox, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Suburbia\u003c\/i\u003e offers food for thought to other cities globally that are dealing with suburban gentrification and the question of what we can do about it.--Loretta Lees, Director of the Initiative on Cities, Boston University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Intellectually and emotionally compelling and, frankly, difficult to put down. This book will make a major contribution to urban and suburban history and planning.\"--Andrew Wiese, author of \u003ci\u003ePlaces of Their Own: African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this powerfully written book, Willow Lung-Amam delineates the forces of racial capitalism that shape public and private disinvestment as well as reinvestment in diverse suburban neighborhoods.\"--Tanya Golash-Boza, author of \u003ci\u003eBefore Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillow S. Lung-Amam\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Director of the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374606729394,"sku":"9780520338173","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/47fee2198bcaf7b9088c0b84c9aa75dc_c7217670-0b4e-45df-8a35-337d697c4b2f.webp?v=1777673829","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-right-to-suburbia-combating-gentrification-on-the-urban-edge-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}