New Urban Frontier

Neil Smith is professor of Geography and acting Director of the Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture. An urban geographer and social theorist, he has written extensively on gentrification, the history of geography, and the production of nature. He is author of Uneven Development (Blackwell 1991) and of the forthcoming The Geographical Pivot of History: Isaiah Bowman and the American Century (John Hopkins Press).

• Introduction; Chapter 1 “Class Struggle on Avenue B”; Chapter 2 Is Gentrification a Dirty Word?; Part 1 Toward a Theory of Gentrification; Chapter 3 Local Arguments; Chapter 4 Global Arguments; Chapter 5 Social Arcuments; Part 2 The Global is the Local; Chapter 6 Market, State and Ideology; Chapter 7 Catch-22; Chapter 8 On Generalities and Exceptions; Part 3 The Revanchist City; Chapter 9 Mapping the Gentrification Frontier; Chapter 10 From Gentrification to the Revanchist City;

'An invaluable resource for urban researchers.' - Progress in Human Geography'A highly inforamtive and worthwhile read' - International Planning Studies'...a very fine book indeed.' - European Urban and Regional Studies'Smith's book is a superb piece of writing and a splendid read...' - TIBG 1998, Vol 3