"Non-White" Gentrification in Chicago's Bronzeville and Pilsen: Racial Economy and the Intraurban Contingency of Urban Redevelopment

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 435-467

  Anderson, Matthew B ^a   Sternberg, Carolina ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contingency; governance; race; racial economy; redevelopment; urban; urban geography

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHICAGO; CZECH REPUBLIC; ILLINOIS; PLZEN [PLZENSKY]; PLZENSKY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876906943     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087412465590     Document Type: Article

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