Race, Class, and Gentrification in Brooklyn

Jerome Krase is emeritus and Murray Koppelman Professor at Brooklyn College, The City University of New York.Judith N. DeSena is professor of sociology at St. John’s University.

• Chapter 1: History and DemographicsChapter 2: Ethnic Segmentation and the Defended Neighborhood Chapter 3: Community Activism: Social Movements on a Local LevelChapter 4: From “Out” to “In”Chapter 5: Fostering and Fighting DisplacementChapter 6: Tentative Conclusions

Krase and DeSena are seasoned researchers whose lives and work intersect with the spaces they interrogate and illuminate in this intensely detailed study. Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Crown Heights/Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, and the communities that live in these iconic neighborhoods are contested ground, where municipal policies, global economic and cultural forces, historical and systemic racism, and attachment to place ignite passions and spur community action against the forces that result in change, including gentrification. The benefit of the long view provided by both authors is a deep sense of context for contemporary battles to preserve affordable housing and self-determination. [The] theoretical framework and a clear politics provide structure to the study.... Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.