The early gentrifier: Weaving a nostalgia narrative on the lower east side

City and Community

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-310

  Ocejo, Richard E ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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EID: 80051739512     PISSN: 15356841     EISSN: 15406040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6040.2011.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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