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28%OFFClaire W. Herbert - A Detroit Story: Urban Decline and the Rise of Property Informality - 9780520340084 - V9780520340084
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A Detroit Story: Urban Decline and the Rise of Property Informality

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Bringing to the fore a wealth of original research, A Detroit Story examines how the informal reclamation of abandoned property has been shaping Detroit for decades. Claire Herbert lived in the city for almost five years to get a ground-view sense of how this process molds urban areas. She participated in community meetings and tax foreclosure protests, interviewed various groups, followed scrappers through abandoned buildings, and visited squatted houses and gardens. Herbert found that new residents with more privilege often have their back-to-the-earth practices formalized by local policies, whereas longtime, more disempowered residents, usually representing communities of color, have their ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520340084
SKU
V9780520340084
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99-1

About Claire W. Herbert
Claire Herbert is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon.

Reviews for A Detroit Story: Urban Decline and the Rise of Property Informality
"An exceptional piece of urban ethnography. . . . While one might be tempted to situate such a countermovement in the gentrification literature, Herbert’s work insists on a more complex interpretation, one that could extend the immense amount she has already taught us about property relations under duress."
Social Forces
"This is an important book."
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