Urban communities / city life Books

Book SynopsisIn Evacuation, Peter Adey examines the politics, aesthetics, and practice of moving people and animals from harm during emergencies. He outlines how the governance and design of evacuation are recursive, operating on myriad political, symbolic, and affective levels in ways that reflect and reinforce social hierarchies. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, from the retrieval of wounded soldiers from the battlefield during World War I and escaping the World Trade Center on 9/11 to the human and animal evacuations in response to the 2009 Australian bushfires and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Adey demonstrates that evacuation is not an equal process. Some people may choose not to move while others are forced; some may even be brought into harm through evacuation. Often the poorest, racialized, and most marginalized communities hold the least power in such moments. At the same time, these communities can generate compassionate, creative, and democratic forms of care that offer alter

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at the urban environments of Houston and CopenhagenHow are modern cities changing, and what implications do those changes have for city inhabitants? What kinds of cities do people want to live in, and what cities do people want to create in the future? Michael Oluf Emerson and Kevin T. Smiley argue that western cities have diverged into two specific and different types: market cities and people cities. Market cities are focused on wealth, jobs, individualism, and economic opportunities. People cities are more egalitarian, with government investment in infrastructure and an active civil society. Analyzing the practices and policies of cities with two separate foci, markets or people, has substantial implications both for everyday residents and future urban planning and city development. Market Cities, People Cities examines these diverging trends through extended case studies of Houston, Texas as a market city and Copenhagen, Denmark as a people city, and draw on data fTrade ReviewEmerson and Smiley have a fresh approach. They make a real distinction in how cities operate: what citizenship and welfare mean, what infrastructure means, and how environmental crisis can be addressed. They also are doing something excellent in bringing up social democracies and using them as a tool for pointing forward and gaining broader understanding. It's about time we paid attention to social democracies. . .This book takes it to the urban front. -- Harvey Molotch,Author of Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways and Other Sites of Ambiguous DanMarket Cities, People Cities completely changes our vocabulary about how cities evolve. Michael O. Emerson and Kevin T. Smiley give urban decision makers a new way to understand their cities and shape their policies to create the kind of city that is right for their citys residents. -- William Fulton,Author of Talk City: A Chronicle of Political Life in an All-American Town

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Book SynopsisHow LGBTQ community life in a small Midwestern city differs from that in larger cities with established gayborhoodsRiver City is a small, Midwestern, postindustrial city surrounded by green hills and farmland with a population of just over 50,000. Most River City residents are white, working-class Catholics, a demographic associated with conservative sexual politics. Yet LGBTQ residents of River City describe it as a progressive, welcoming, and safe space, with active LGBTQ youth groups and regular drag shows that test the capacity of bars. In this compelling examination of LGBTQ communities in seemingly unfriendly places, Queering the Midwest highlights the ambivalence of LGBTQ lives in the rural Midwest, where LGBTQ organizations and events occur occasionally but are generally not grounded in long-standing LGBTQ institutions. Drawing on in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation, Clare Forstie offers the story of a community that does not fit neatly into a narrative of progreTrade ReviewWe are everywhere—even in small post-industrial cities in “flyover country.” Queering the Midwest offers an astute analysis of the ambivalence many of us feel toward the LGBTQ communities that nurture us. We can’t live with them, but can’t live without them. It upends simple notions of progress, coming out, and even liberation without diminishing their importance for overcoming stigma and anchoring the self. * Arlene Stein, author of Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity *Queering the Midwest is a readable book about the complex way that community happens. I appreciated the way this research centers friendship instead of partners, organizations, or bars in the lives of LGBTQ people. This book makes us rethink the role of institutions and relationships in making LGBTQ community in small cities and in the Midwest. * Amy L. Stone, author of Queer Carnival: Festivals and Mardi Gras in the South *Forstie ‘Midwesternizes’ LGBTQ studies, convincingly demonstrating that conventional understandings of community gleaned from gayborhoods don’t always hold water beyond the big city. It is impossible to be ambivalent about this timely account of the role of that emotion in LGBTQ life today. As rich and satisfying as mom’s hotdish, Queering the Midwest is a landmark study. * Greggor Mattson, author of forthcoming The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform: Governing Loose Women *

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Book SynopsisThe importance of citywide festivals like Mardi Gras and Fiesta for the LGBTQ communityFestivals like Mardi Gras and Fiesta have come to be annual events in which entire cities participate, and LGBTQ people are a visible part of these celebrations. In other words, the party is on, the party is queer, and everyone is invited. In Queer Carnival, Amy Stone takes us inside these colorful, eye-catching, and often raucous events, highlighting their importance to queer life in America's urban South and Southwest. Drawing on five years of research, and over a hundred days at LGBTQ events in cities such as San Antonio, Santa Fe, Baton Rouge, and Mobile, Stone gives readers a front-row seat to festivals, carnivals, and Mardi Gras celebrations, vividly bringing these queer cultural spaces and the people that create and participate in them to life. Stone shows how these events serve a larger fundamental purpose, helping LGBTQ people to cultivate a sense of belonging in cities that may be otherwiseTrade ReviewIn this fascinating and ground-breaking book, Amy L. Stone takes readers on a journey through the possibilities of festivals in places that are usually overlooked in discussions of LGBTQ lives, loves, and celebrations. Exploring the importance and complexities of the carnivalesque for LGBTQ urban and broader cultures, they augment our current thinking about citizenship in accessible and engaging ways. This book is recommended reading for all interested in LGBTQ studies, festivals, cities, communities, and citizenship. * Kath Browne, co-author of Heteroactivism: Resisting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Rights and Equalities *Queer Carnival sparkles with extraordinary observations about overlooked parts of the country that receive too little attention but in which most queer people live—and where presidential elections are often decided. Stone convincingly shows that there is indeed ‘something reconciliatory about being desired for one's difference,’ whether this comes from the mayor attending your raunchy drag number or having a nephew escort his butch lesbian aunt to the stage * Greggor Mattson, author of The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform: Governing Loose Women *

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2022 Latino/a Section Best Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention for the Robert E. Park Award, given by the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological AssociationFinalist for the 2021 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsRace, place, and identity in a changing urban America Over the last five decades, South Los Angeles has undergone a remarkable demographic transition. In South Central Dreams, eminent scholars Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor follow its transformation from a historically Black neighborhood into a predominantly Latino one, providing a fresh, inside look at the fascinatingand constantly changingrelationships between these two racial and ethnic groups in California. Drawing on almost two hundred interviews and statistical data, Hondagneu-Sotelo and Pastor explTrade ReviewSouth Central’s evolution from almost entirely African American to mostly Latino is a bellwether for an important part of a changing America. Through statistical and ethnographic analysis, Hondagneu-Sotelo and Pastor describe that change at several levels, showing how Black-Latino relations challenge traditional notions of ethnic succession and assimilation. Rather, they reveal how residents have formed an identity based on their shared home and a minority linked fate, to organize and empower their communities. -- Edward Telles, co-author of Durable Ethnicity: Mexican Americans and the Ethnic CoreSouth Central LA looms large in the American imagination. Media reports of racial violence, drug trafficking and Gangster Rap music, dominate portrayals of this iconic Black and Latinx community. But as is so often the case with media depictions of marginalized urban communities, such images are largely distortions of the reality experienced by those who called South Central home. Drawing on interviews with residents, stories from those who have witnessed this community transform from predominantly Black to predominantly Latinx, and demographic and economic data that offer quantitative measures of a community in transition, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor provide texture, nuance and flavor so that outsiders can appreciate that South Central is so much more than has been depicted in films and news reports. This book captures the vibrancy, dynamism and complexity that makes South Central unique, and it reminds us that beyond the challenges and hardships facing its residents, there is also a heart and a spirit that makes this much maligned space special and unique. -- Pedro A. Noguera, author of The Trouble With Black Boys: ...And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public EducationSouth Los Angeles is a dynamic urban space shaped by decades of demographic change, cultural sedimentation, and multi-ethnic home-making. In South Central Dreams, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor beautifully capture the soul of the area through a mixed-method study that places quantitative data in dialogue with informant voices. The result is a must-read volume that complicates popular notions about Black-Brown relations and provides important lessons for sociological theory. -- Darnell M. Hunt, co-editor of Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial RealitiesSouth Central Dreams offers a penetrating look at immigration, adaptation, and social change in a poor urban community shifting from black to brown. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor masterfully document how the specifics of place and time shape the actions of ordinary people as they transcend social difference to construct a common identity and transform a stigmatized urban quarter into a cherished place called 'home.' This book moves well beyond the usual cliches of a fraught relationship between Blacks and Latinos and offers a model for how community studies should be done, hopefully one that will be emulated in other cities throughout the nation. -- Douglas Massey, author of American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the UnderclassBravo! In this book, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor document a powerful new age of Latino politics. In South Central Los Angeles, Latino youth have blended the immigrant insights of their elders with the experiences of their African American classmates, neighbors, and friends, expanding the possibilities of Brown/Black solidarity by forging a brand-new political identity. 'We are South Central!,' they exclaim, embracing as their own every struggle that has determined the conditions of life in their community. -- Kelly Lytle Hernandez, author of City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor breathe life into the understudied and underappreciated complexities of South Los Angeles. Through the historical analysis of the friends, families, organizers and activists of our neighborhoods, we are shown not just our past, but our future as well. Especially in a time of racial reckoning in this country, and after an administration that spent its entire four years picking at the fabric of a delicate bond of solidarity across communities of color, South Central Dreams stands out as an important commentary on identity and civic engagement with implications for not only Los Angeles, but the rest of the country. -- Congresswoman Karen Bass, former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (2019-2020)Two of our most esteemed scholars of immigration have given us a new paradigm for how to think about race, place, and identity. This book takes a deep dive into the lives of first- and second-generation Latinx immigrants as they shape home and identity alongside their Black neighbors in South LA. Rather than retelling the classic narrative of immigrant assimilation, this book shows the tensions and negotiations that go into making home in a multi-racial community and the power of shared struggle. The authors’ relational perspective allows them to explore the ways Latinx identity is shaped by Blackness and gives us new insights into how people set roots, find friends, and forge identities around urban anchors like community gardens, parks and neighborhood markets. -- Natalia Molina, author of How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial ScriptsSouth Central Dreams is a major contribution to both Latinx and Los Angeles Studies. By revisiting community residents in South Central Los Angeles a full generation after Latinos began moving into the area, the authors provide a nuanced and careful portrait of neighborhood life with important implications for Brown/Black spaces across the U.S. -- Laura Pulido, co-author of A People's Guide to Los Angeles

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Book SynopsisExplores the unintended consequences of civic activism in a disaster-prone cityAfter Hurricane Katrina, thousands of people swiftly mobilized to rebuild their neighborhoods, often assisted by government organizations, nonprofits, and other major institutions. In Rethinking Community Resilience, Min Hee Go shows that these recovery efforts are not always the panacea they seem to be, and can actually escalate the city's susceptibility to future environmental hazards. Drawing upon interviews, public records, and more, Go explores the hidden costs of community resilience. She shows thatdespite good intentionsrecovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina exacerbated existing race and class inequalities, putting disadvantaged communities at risk. Ultimately, Go shows that when governments, nonprofits, and communities invest in rebuilding rather than relocating, they inadvertently lay the groundwork for a cycle of vulnerabilities. As cities come to terms with climate change adaptationrather than pTrade Review"Rethinking Community Resilience is a critical, timely account about the effects and limits of community action in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Transcending the neighborhoods-in-the-lead narratives that dominated New Orleans’s recovery, Min Hee Go’s sobering findings illuminate how resident action alone could not overcome the structural racism that led to unequal disaster effects and inequitable recoveries, and how neighborhood scale successes could lead to exclusionary redevelopment and reduce resilience in other ways. As the memory of Hurricane Katrina recedes, the relationships between neighborhoods and local public action in Rethinking Community Resilience are more relevant than ever for researchers, planners, policymakers alike who are investigating neighborhood change and facing disaster recovery and climate adaptation." -- Renia Ehrenfeucht, co-author of Urban Revitalization: Remaking Cities in a Changing World"Within the context of both climate change and long-term population decline, Rethinking Community Resilience examines how well-intentioned community led recovery efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans were often incomplete and haphazard, deepening pre-crisis inequities and increasing the city’s overall susceptibility to future risk. Min Hee Go interrogates the romanticized notion that civic action can uniformly fill the void created by incompetent or weakened government and enable residents to overcome crises and create more resilient communities." -- Marla K. Nelson, Associate Professor, University of New Orleans

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner, 2020 Early-Career Book Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher EducationHow Latinx kids and their undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy Street food markets have become wildly popular in Los Angelesand behind the scenes, Latinx children have been instrumental in making these small informal businesses grow. In Kids at Work, Emir Estrada shines a light on the surprising labor of these young workers, providing the first ethnography on the participation of Latinx children in street vending. Drawing on dozens of interviews with children and their undocumented parents, as well as three years spent on the streets shadowing families at work, Estrada brings attention to the unique set of hardships Latinx youth experience in this occupation. STrade ReviewEmir Estradas insightful ethnography reveals the complexity of the household economy of undocumented and mixed-status families in Los Angeles, from the standpoint of children who work as street vendors. Kids at Work forces a reconsideration of traditional notions of childhood, family relations, and work, by demonstrating how children with their own agency and decision-making capacity enter into mutually supportive and protective family and work arrangements with their parents to make ends meet. In the context of a highly-stratified economy and society, where race, illegality, class, and gender intersect to shape unequal life chances, Estradas ground-breaking book uncovers the central and indispensable role that children play as co-contributors to the household economy of our most vulnerable families. -- Zulema Valdez, author of Entrepreneurs and the Search for the American DreamEstrada balances methodological rigor with great empathylikely partially rooted in her own experiences as a teen vendorto develop a deeply insightful and nuanced analysis of the lives of immigrant children street vendors in Los Angeles. Written clearly and accessibly, the book reveals the structural context in which vending becomes necessary, while underscoring the childrens agency that allows them to find meaning in the work they do to help support their families and their own aspirations. Kids at Work will make readers not only notice, but also appreciate youth whose public labor challenges social notions of childhood in powerfully gendered and racialized ways. -- Leisy J. Abrego, author of Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across BordersThis original, thoughtful, engaging ethnography vividly captures the texture of everyday life among immigrant children and children of immigrants who work selling food in the streets of Los Angeles. In the childrens own voices, we learn about their economic contributions, their lives, and aspirations, but also from them about immigrant entrepreneurship, the complex dynamics in immigrant families, and childhood in general. Kids at Work resists facile explanations and makes an enduring contribution to the immigration scholarship. Indispensable reading for anyone interested in immigrant families. -- Cecilia Menjívar, co-author of Immigrant FamiliesKids at Work sheds new light on the role that children and youth play in family survival strategies in the urban commons of one of the most important immigrant metropolis of our era. This book brilliantly shows the agency of these young women and men who actively contribute to the well-being of their families. Emir Estrada has made a unique contribution to the sociology of children of immigrants, studying their lives as they work alongside their parents on the streets of Los Angeles. -- Ruben Hernandez-Leon, author of Metropolitan Migrants: The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United StatesWritten clearly and accessibly, this book offers an essential framework from which to critically examine Latinx childhood, family, labor, immigration, and community. * Choice *Like many well-crafted stories, Kids at Work left me genuinely curious about what will happen next for the working kids on these pages as they transition into working young adults. Will street vending be a crucial stepping-stone on a longer pathway to better quality employment, or could it be an impediment? Estrada invites these types of questions through her portrayal of the Latinx street vending families that is both meticulously detailed and fully compassionate. This book stands as an important contribution to the literature on immigration and work in the United States precisely because it highlights the fact that informal work represents an intergenerational activity for many immigrant Latinx families. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book Synopsis2023 Edwin H. Sutherland Book Award WinnerA behind-the-scenes account of the harsh realities of policing in a segregated city For thirteen months, Daanika Gordon shadowed police officers in two districts in River City, a profoundly segregated rust belt metropolis. She found that officers in predominantly whiteneighborhoods provided responsive service and engaged in community problem-solving, while officers in predominantly Black communities reproduced long-standing patterns of over-policing and under-protection. Such differences have marked US policing throughout its history, but policies that were supposed to alleviate racial tensions in River City actually widened the racial divides. Policing the Racial Divide tells story of how race, despite the best intentions, often dominates the way policing unfolds in cities across America. Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police are reconfiguTrade ReviewIn this book, Daanika Gordon explores unequal policing in a rustbelt city. She focuses on the police department’s decision to redraw its district boundaries in alignment with the city’s segregation boundaries, arguing that these districts were perceived—and policed—differently as a result. Policing the Racial Divide examines the origins and consequences of differential policing, showing us how it can further the uneven development of cities. * Jan Haldipur, author of No Place on the Corner: The Costs of Aggressive Policing *Policing the Racial Divide deftly explores the history, logic, and police practices in two police districts in River City. Gordon shows us ‘two worlds of policing,’ where officers serve white, middle-class neighborhoods, but surveil and punish Black working-class neighborhoods instead. Ultimately, she highlights the important role that police play in the political economy of the city, serving the broader political, economic, and racial interests of an urban growth coalition. * Amada Armenta, author of Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement *Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police reconfigure segregated landscapes through their role in urban growth politics. * Law & Social Inquiry *The author’s contribution lies in her structuralist analysis of contemporary conditions and the remedies she offers… [She] argues convincingly that a continuance of the status quo, imprisoned by history and structure, is not a viable option. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book Synopsis2023 Edwin H. Sutherland Book Award WinnerA behind-the-scenes account of the harsh realities of policing in a segregated city For thirteen months, Daanika Gordon shadowed police officers in two districts in River City, a profoundly segregated rust belt metropolis. She found that officers in predominantly whiteneighborhoods provided responsive service and engaged in community problem-solving, while officers in predominantly Black communities reproduced long-standing patterns of over-policing and under-protection. Such differences have marked US policing throughout its history, but policies that were supposed to alleviate racial tensions in River City actually widened the racial divides. Policing the Racial Divide tells story of how race, despite the best intentions, often dominates the way policing unfolds in cities across America. Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police are reconfiguTrade ReviewIn this book, Daanika Gordon explores unequal policing in a rustbelt city. She focuses on the police department’s decision to redraw its district boundaries in alignment with the city’s segregation boundaries, arguing that these districts were perceived—and policed—differently as a result. Policing the Racial Divide examines the origins and consequences of differential policing, showing us how it can further the uneven development of cities. * Jan Haldipur, author of No Place on the Corner: The Costs of Aggressive Policing *Policing the Racial Divide deftly explores the history, logic, and police practices in two police districts in River City. Gordon shows us ‘two worlds of policing,’ where officers serve white, middle-class neighborhoods, but surveil and punish Black working-class neighborhoods instead. Ultimately, she highlights the important role that police play in the political economy of the city, serving the broader political, economic, and racial interests of an urban growth coalition. * Amada Armenta, author of Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement *Drawing on in-depth interviews and hundreds of hours of ethnographic observation, Gordon offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the police reconfigure segregated landscapes through their role in urban growth politics. * Law & Social Inquiry *The author’s contribution lies in her structuralist analysis of contemporary conditions and the remedies she offers… [She] argues convincingly that a continuance of the status quo, imprisoned by history and structure, is not a viable option. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book SynopsisHow local Black and Brown communities can resist gentrification and fight for their interestsDespite promises from politicians, nonprofits, and government agencies, Chicago's most disadvantaged neighborhoods remain plagued by poverty, failing schools, and gang activity. In Building a Better Chicago, Teresa Irene Gonzales shows us how, and why, these promises have gone unfulfilled, revealing tensions between neighborhood residents and the institutions that claim to represent them. Focusing on Little Village, the largest Mexican immigrant community in the Midwest, and Greater Englewood, a predominantly Black neighborhood, Gonzales gives us an on-the-ground look at Chicago's inner city. She shows us how philanthropists, nonprofits, and government agencies struggle for power and controloften against the interests of residents themselveswith the result of further marginalizing the communities of color they seek to help. But Gonzales also shows how these communitTrade ReviewBuilding a Better Chicago is not just about Chicago. Teresa Irene Gonzales speaks to urban community development writ large, uncovering how a core foundational piece of these conversations—trust—marginalizes dissent, invalidates local sentiment, and devalues reasonable concerns over process. Grounded in contemporary policy debates, Building a Better Chicago shows that mistrust is a powerful tool. It might be hard for urban elites to read, but through careful examples and analysis Gonzales shows us how collective skepticism holds value for community organizers—from vouchsafing planning processes to bridging social capital across other neighborhood communities. As a result, this book is a must-read for growth-minded policymakers, scholars of cities, and grassroots urban activists. -- Jonathan Wynn, author of Music/City: American Festivals and Placemaking in Austin, Nashville, and NewportTeresa Gonzales animates a powerful account of how state-actors direct the benefits of urban redevelopment towards White, urban elites and away from communities of color. In that respect, Chicago is like many cities across the United States. However, she shows how 'collective skepticism' allows for productive resistance as Black and Mexican-American residents from low-income communities stake claim to their neighborhoods and their city—forcing their voices and interests to be heard. * Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court *...this case study allows readers to clearly envision the complexity and discord that occur when economically impoverished neighborhoods seek empowerment. * Choice *This book is a prime example of a brilliantly written ethnography that allows the reader to become immersed in the microcosm of urban redevelopment politics in Chicago while raising critical questions about how existing power inequalities can be challenged. * Mobilization *Building a Better Chicago represents a valuable addition to the literatures on neighborhood development, community organizations, and urban activism…The book represents an important source for anyone who wishes to better understand urban politics and neighborhood change in low-income and racialized communities today. * American Sociological Association *This excellent addition to the literature on urban development challenges existing assumptions and invites us all to take Gonzales’s lead and imagine what a better world might look like. * Social Forces Levine Review BaBC *Gonzales makes an important contribution to the literature on the role of institutional stakeholders in the urban redevelopment process. She offers a critique of dominant approaches to neighborhood revitalization that rely on planning strategies that are perceived as top-down by residents and grassroots groups. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Gonzales provides unique insight into how communities can advocate for themselves and demand accountability from politicians and agencies in their midst. The result is an important contribution to our understanding of redevelopment and the tensions that exist between institutional and grassroots organizations within urban revitalization. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisExplores the daily, lived effects of gentrification for neighborhood residentsWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, a prominent neighborhood in New York City, has undergone significant transformations through cycles of divestment and gentrification. In 2005, the city's decision to rezone the Williamsburg waterfront for high-rise housing led to a profound alteration of the physical, cultural, and social landscape. The result was the rapid influx of thousands of new residents, many of them wealthy, giving rise to luxury buildings, upscale dining, and high-end retail stores alongside new norms and expectations for the neighborhood. These new arrivals coexist with earlier gentrifiers as well as working-class Latinx and white ethnic populations, creating a complex and layered community. In There Was Nothing There, Sara Martucci draws on four decades of residents' memories and experiences, providing insights into the tensions, contradictions, and inequalities brought about by gentrification. Martucci fo

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Book SynopsisExplores the daily, lived effects of gentrification for neighborhood residentsWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, a prominent neighborhood in New York City, has undergone significant transformations through cycles of divestment and gentrification. In 2005, the city's decision to rezone the Williamsburg waterfront for high-rise housing led to a profound alteration of the physical, cultural, and social landscape. The result was the rapid influx of thousands of new residents, many of them wealthy, giving rise to luxury buildings, upscale dining, and high-end retail stores alongside new norms and expectations for the neighborhood. These new arrivals coexist with earlier gentrifiers as well as working-class Latinx and white ethnic populations, creating a complex and layered community.In There Was Nothing There, Sara Martucci draws on four decades of residents' memories and experiences, providing insights into the tensions, contradictions, and inequalities brought about by g

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Book SynopsisHow the problematic behavior of private citizensand not just the police force itselfcontributes to the perpetuation of police brutality and institutional racismWarning: Neighborhood Watch Program in Force. If I don't call the police, my neighbor will!Signs like this can be found affixed to telephone poles on streets throughout the US, warning trespassers that the community is an active participant in its own policing efforts. Thijs Jeursen calls this phenomenon, in which individuals take on the responsibility of defending themselves and share with the police the duty to mitigate everyday insecurity, vigilant citizenship.Drawing on eleven months of fieldwork in Miami and sharing the stories and experiences of police officers, private security guards, neighborhood watch groups, civil society organizations, and a broad range of residents and activists, Jeursen uses the lens of vigilant citizenship to extend the analysis of police brutality beyond police encounters, focusing on the often bTrade ReviewFascinating . . . Sheds light on a variety of current debates surrounding policing, surveillance, gun ownership, and more. Through fast-paced and story-like prose, Jeursen furthers the essential project of understanding policing as something that extends beyond the uniformed police. -- William Garriott, Drake UniversityJeursen has skillfully captured how everyday people’s negotiations with and for security are a prevailing and socially differentiated aspect of life in the neoliberal city. The author provides a granular view of how policing goes beyond the institution and becomes a part of the way people understand their rights and roles as private residents. The Vigilant Citizen stands to make an important contribution to anthropological understandings of citizenship, policing, security, and the contemporary city. -- Kristin V. Monroe, University of Kentucky

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Book SynopsisOn an average morning in the tree-lined parks, plazas, and play-areas of Manhattan's Stuyvesant Town housing development, birds chirp as early risers dash off to work, elderly residents enjoy a peaceful morning stroll, and flocks of parents usher their children to school. It seems an unlikely location for conflict and strife, yet this eighteen-block area, initially planned as middle-class affordable housing, is the site of an ongoing struggle between long-term, rent-regulated residents, younger, market-rate tenants, and new owners seeking to turn this community into a luxury commodity. Priced Out takes readers into this heated battle as a transitioning neighborhood wrestles with contemporary capitalist strategies and the struggle to preserve renters' rights. Since the early 2000's, Stuyvesant Town's owners have sought to transform this iconic Manhattan housing development into a luxury destination for those able to afford the higher price tag. Attempting to replace longtime residents wTrade ReviewThe book is notable both for the intrinsic interest of its topic and the quality of its analysis. Part community study and part elegy, Priced Out documents the rise and fall of what increasingly looks to have been a missed opportunity to foster a sustainable middle-class in the heart of New York City. The rent regulations that made StuyTown a haven for civil servants and other middle-class New Yorkers have been steadily eroded. This process stretches far beyond StuyTown, of course, and threatens to erase New York City’s middle class from the city’s core. Using a variety of qualitative methods, the authors tell this important story in convincing fashion and show why it matters. -- Journal of Urban AffairsAn important, interesting, and compelling look at the impact of housing policy on a community, and the decline of middle-income housing in an increasingly stratified city. * City & Community *Priced Out tells a true story about how hard it is for renters of modest income to make a home in the center of Americas biggest city. Both historical and timely, it documents in lively detail how the largest, postwar, private-sector, urban housing development in the U.S. turned into one of the most notorious real estate deals of the early 21st century, and how developers pursuit of 'luxury' projects threatens New Yorks middle class. -- Sharon Zukin,author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban PlacesWe increasingly think of Manhattan as a place of the very rich and the very poor. Yet thanks to modest, non-market rate post war housing developments, tens of thousands of middle class New Yorkers who might otherwise have decamped to the suburbs continue to live in the heart of the City. Over the decades they have built communities, raised families, aged in place and helped to keep New York diverse and vital. Priced Out tells the story of what happens when a communitys right to the city collides with the forces of the free market. It is a must read for anyone concerned about the future of the urban middle class. -- Philip Kasnitiz,co-author of Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age

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Book SynopsisTraces decades of troubled attempts to fund private answers to public urban problemsThe American city has long been a laboratory for austerity, governmental decentralization, and market-based solutions to urgent public problems such as affordable housing, criminal justice, and education. Through richly told case studies from Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and New York, Neoliberal Cities provides the necessary context to understand the always intensifying racial and economic inequality in and around the city center. In this original collection of essays, urban historians and sociologists trace the role that public policies have played in reshaping cities, with particular attention to labor, the privatization of public services, the collapse of welfare, the rise of gentrification, the expansion of the carceral state, and the politics of community control. In so doing, Neoliberal Cities offers a bottom-up approach to social scientTrade ReviewA necessary intervention. The book poses questions about the concept of neoliberalism that will resonate well beyond the field of history, provoking discussion in urban studies and geography, as well as the social sciences. -- Caitlin Zaloom, author of Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any CostAs one who has found little interpretive value in neoliberalism as a term, I am deeply persuaded by the indispensability of this book. Neoliberal Cities reminds historians of the importance of sharp conceptual language. It shows how sound historical research can often vex lazy deployments of one of our moment’s most weighted analytic terms. This is the kind of book one thinks with and grows smarter. -- N. D. B. Connolly, author of A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South FloridaThe authors in this collection reveal the long, contentious, and often ironic history of neoliberalism’s ascendance, rooted in local struggles with broad implications for our lives today and for the world we want to build for tomorrow. -- Andrew W. Kahrl, University of VirginiaA timely and welcome appeal to urban historians to take neoliberalism seriously as an analytical category whose history demands to be written * History News Network *This collection from urban historians Sugrue and Diamond invites readers to explore the legacy of neoliberalism associated with initiatives embraced by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. The principal arguments put forward focus on the conscious role played by urban planners, financiers, and municipal and state governments to retreat from a sense of public space and benefits. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisTraces decades of troubled attempts to fund private answers to public urban problemsThe American city has long been a laboratory for austerity, governmental decentralization, and market-based solutions to urgent public problems such as affordable housing, criminal justice, and education. Through richly told case studies from Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and New York, Neoliberal Cities provides the necessary context to understand the always intensifying racial and economic inequality in and around the city center. In this original collection of essays, urban historians and sociologists trace the role that public policies have played in reshaping cities, with particular attention to labor, the privatization of public services, the collapse of welfare, the rise of gentrification, the expansion of the carceral state, and the politics of community control. In so doing, Neoliberal Cities offers a bottom-up approach to social scientTrade ReviewA necessary intervention. The book poses questions about the concept of neoliberalism that will resonate well beyond the field of history, provoking discussion in urban studies and geography, as well as the social sciences. -- Caitlin Zaloom, author of Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any CostAs one who has found little interpretive value in neoliberalism as a term, I am deeply persuaded by the indispensability of this book. Neoliberal Cities reminds historians of the importance of sharp conceptual language. It shows how sound historical research can often vex lazy deployments of one of our moment’s most weighted analytic terms. This is the kind of book one thinks with and grows smarter. -- N. D. B. Connolly, author of A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South FloridaThe authors in this collection reveal the long, contentious, and often ironic history of neoliberalism’s ascendance, rooted in local struggles with broad implications for our lives today and for the world we want to build for tomorrow. -- Andrew W. Kahrl, University of VirginiaA timely and welcome appeal to urban historians to take neoliberalism seriously as an analytical category whose history demands to be written * History News Network *This collection from urban historians Sugrue and Diamond invites readers to explore the legacy of neoliberalism associated with initiatives embraced by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. The principal arguments put forward focus on the conscious role played by urban planners, financiers, and municipal and state governments to retreat from a sense of public space and benefits. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisHonorable Mention, 2021 Edited Collection Book Award, given by the Association for the Study of Food and Society How gentrification uproots the urban food landscape, and what activists are doing to resist itFrom hipster coffee shops to upscale restaurants, a bustling local food scene is perhaps the most commonly recognized harbinger of gentrification. A Recipe for Gentrification explores this widespread phenomenon, showing the ways in which food and gentrification are deeplyand, at times, controversiallyintertwined. Contributors provide an inside look at gentrification in different cities, from major hubs like New York and Los Angeles to smaller cities like Cleveland and Durham. They examine a wide range of food enterprisesincluding grocery stores, restaurants, community gardens, and farmers' marketsto provide up-to-date perspectives on why gentrification takes place, and how communities use food to push back against displacement. Ultimately, they unpack the consequences for vulnerableTrade Review"The authors in this collection not only make a significant contribution to food studies but also create an important and much needed place for food within the scholarship on urban planning and gentrification ... This book should be on the shelves of every trendy coffee shop or bookstore in the neighborhoods examined in this volume, or anywhere in the country that people gather in places made possible at great expense to others because of what gentrification has wrought." * Food, Culture, and Society *"This book cleverly weaves together a wide range of ways in which food intersects with gentrification, while the complex issues explored are made accessible to a broad audience. A Recipe for Gentrification will be of interest to food justice scholars and activists; urban researchers and planners; as well as community organizers, small business owners, and allies who seek to deepen their understanding of their own implications in processes of gentrification and social justice." * The AAG Review of Books *"The book remains an exciting and tangible exploration of the topics of social justice, urban agriculture, community capacity building, and the right to the city. It can be recommended as an equally engaging entry point for any one of them." * Journal of Cultural Economy *"In a short time, food—what we consume and how we consume it, how it's made, where it comes from and how it gets transported—has gone from a frivolous topic for social science research to a significant one. Urban scholars have been paying attention. By looking at actual city spaces, this volume tackles the important issue of the link between food and where we live. Specifically, these chapters address how the ways that food gets made, purchased, and eaten are intertwined with processes of gentrification, giving us a new lens for understanding this complicated form of urban change. Displacement, inequality, community conflict, development policy, and resistance, among many other critical issues, receive insightful analyses from researchers studying an array of food-related activities in several North American cities. Food's implications in and for gentrification is a focus whose time has come, and luckily we now have this volume to start the conversation." -- Richard E. Ocejo, author of Masters of Craft: Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy"These valuable studies show how food has become the cultural frontier of urban change. From urban farms to farmers’ markets, interactions between food and place empower gentrification but also enable resistance to it. Alerting us to the slippery slope from appropriation to dispossession, the authors make the crucial point that the city’s authenticity depends on diversity more than on good taste." -- Sharon Zukin, author, Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places"This edited volume, focused on the interplay of food, place, and urban gentrification, offers an extensive mix of rich sociological and food-activist discourse that could potentially spark lively discussion in both urban studies and urban planning courses." * CHOICE *"The methodological approaches, grounded primarily in ethnography, center people directly impacted by unjust policies and extractive approaches to development…The contributors pushed me to think about the role of scholars in these uneven food systems and gentrification processes, both structurally and culturally." * Gastronomica *"A Recipe for Gentrification should be foundational reading for any sociology or food studies scholar and anyone pursuing a career in urban development or real estate.The collection should also be required reading for anyone interested in urban agriculture or community gardens professionally or as a volunteer." * Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development *

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE 2021 DELMOS JONES AND JAGNA SHARFF MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF NORTH AMERICA!Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate developmentFrom state-of-the-art parks to rooftop gardens, efforts to transform New York City's unsightly industrial waterfronts into green, urban oases have received much public attention. In The Sustainability Myth, Melissa Checker uncovers the hidden costsand contradictionsof the city's ambitious sustainability agenda in light of its equally ambitious redevelopment imperatives. Focusing on industrial waterfronts and historically underserved places like Harlem and Staten Island's North Shore, Checker takes an in-depth look at the dynamics of environmental gentrification, documenting the symbiosis between eco-friendly initiatives and high-end redevelopment and its impact on out-of-the-way, non-gentrifying neighborhoods. At the same time, she highlights the valiant efforts of local Trade ReviewUsing the saga of the doomed New York Wheel as a dramatic example of short-sighted, ill-conceived urban development or 'sustainaphrenia,' Melissa Checker’s ethnography cruelly exposes the failings of neoliberal technocracy. From redlining to rezoning, from environmental justice to environmental gentrification, she brilliantly exposes the ruptured logics of pairing sustainability with urban redevelopment. -- Julian Agyeman, co-author of Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable CitiesIn this revelatory study, based on assiduous fieldwork, Melissa Checker exposes the false promises of “sustainability.” She coins the word 'sustainaphrenia' to convey the feeding frenzy of politicians, real estate moguls, developers, planners, and upscale homebuyers who are lulled by the siren of Bloomberg’s 'luxury city,' facilitated by the rezoning of vast swaths of New York City. The result is the greening of some neighborhoods and the browning of others. Checker also comes to the epiphany that the environmental justice activists whom she admired are another symptom of sustainaphrenia, as the twin threats of overdevelopment and climate change are cast asunder. -- Stephen Steinberg, author of Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought and PolicyA timely work on the burgeoning literature surrounding environmental gentrification as it relates to New York City’s intent to become the world’s most sustainable metro area … Libraries with reserves focusing on environmental gentrification, urban issues, and political change should have this volume in their collection. * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisA unique insight into desegregation in the suburbs and how racial inequality persists Half of Black Americans who live in the one hundred largest metropolitan areas are now living in suburbs, not cities. In Liberty Road, Gregory Smithsimon shows us how this happened, and why it matters, unearthing the hidden role that suburbs played in establishing the Black middle-class. Focusing on Liberty Road, a Black middle-class suburb of Baltimore, Smithsimon tells the remarkable story of how residents broke the color barrier, against all odds, in the face of racial discrimination, tensions with suburban whites and urban Blacks, and economic crises like the mortgage meltdown of 2008. Drawing on interviews, census data, and archival research he shows us the unique strategies that suburban Black residents in Liberty Road employed, creating a blueprint for other Black middle-class suburbs. Smithsimon re-orients our perspective on race relations in American life to consider the lived experiences andTrade ReviewLiberty Road uncovers and exposes the social, political, cultural, and economic contradictions of middle-class African-American suburban life. Gregory Smithsimon explores the ways social conflicts and inequalities play out and through physical places and emphasizes the roles that African-American residents play in understanding and addressing suburban community issues. -- Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle ClassGregory Smithsimon chronicles the experiences of middle-class blacks who were the first residents to integrate into Liberty Road, a predominantly white Baltimore suburb. He explores their side of the story, showing us how this racial project unfolded in political ways, constraining black progress under the guise of racial inclusivity. -- Michael Ian Borer, co-author of Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and TownsThis deeply-researched and engrossing text invites us to think of the relationship between race, place, and neoliberalism in innovative ways, namely through an examination of African-American suburbanites. In doing so, Smithsimon provides a crucial analysis of the persistent tensions between racial progress and retrenchment. -- Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in FranceAfrican American suburbs are different from African American urban communities and middle-class white communities, often in counterintuitive ways. Liberty Road explains the history, present, and future significance of these differences. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Liberty Road locates Black suburbs as an essential and a mitigating force in the American dream. We overlook these spaces in our understanding of cities and our history at our own peril. This is an important and engaging book for urban sociology and history, made so by the author’s skillful weaving of personal stories with archival research to ground the analysis in specific people and places. * The Journal of Southern History *By bringing African American agency to the forefront of the discussion, Greg Smithsimon successfully disentangles the complex web of causes related to the growth of African American suburban communities…Liberty Road is informative and articulate, written in language accessible to academics and nonacademics…Practitioners and lay people will find the book useful in providing an understanding of Black suburbs and the role that they continue to play in a highly segregated residential landscape. * Journal of Urban Affairs *A new book examines how Baltimore’s African American middle class overcame color barriers and racial tensions along the Liberty Road corridor over the past five decades as they established themselves in classic suburban neighborhoods. Author Gregory Smithsimon draws upon interviews, archives and census data to show how this area of Baltimore County is now home to approximately 82,000 Black people ... It’s clear that Smithsimon rang the right doorbells and listened attentively to some of the people who experienced the times. * The Baltimore Sun *

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Book SynopsisHow local educational justice movements wrestle with neoliberal school reformParents, educators, and activists are passionately fighting to improve public schools around the country. In This Is Our School! Hava Rachel Gordon takes us inside these fascinating school reform movements, exploring their origins, aims, and victories as they work to build a better future for our education system. Focusing on a school district in Denver, Colorado, Gordon takes a look at different coalitions within the school reform movement, as well as the surprising competition that arises between them. Drawing on over eighty interviews and ethnographic research, she explores how these groups vie for power, as well as the role that race, class, and gentrification play in shaping their successes and failures, strategies and structures. Gordon shows us what happens when people mobilizefrom the ground up and advocate for educational change. This Is Our School! gives us an inside look at the diverse voices withTrade ReviewIn this important new book, Hava Rachel Gordon shows how grassroots movements have organized to resist efforts by neoliberal reformers to take control of local public schools. Using Denver as a focal point for her analysis, Gordon shows us that not only is resistance occurring, but in some cases, community groups are winning important victories against formidable opponents in their efforts to retain control over public schools. Well documented and written in a clear and compelling style, This is Our School! will serve as a guide to those who seek to retain public schools as the foundation of democracy. -- Pedro A. Noguera, author of The Trouble With Black Boys: ...And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public EducationHava Rachel Gordon has provided us with a significant advance in our understanding of the contradictions, limits, and possibilities of activist movements in educational reform. It is consistently insightful and grounded in the real politics of communities on the ground. I strongly recommend it. -- Michael W. Apple, author of Can Education Change Society?This Is Our School! offers a powerful, in-depth exploration of educational justice movements as they negotiate neoliberal education policy and disinvestment in urban communities. Hava Rachel Gordon’s careful analysis of alliances between youth activists and community groups in Denver offers new insights into the dynamics of racial politics, coalition-building, and the potential for community inclusion. This book is an important and timely contribution. -- Nancy Naples, author of Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on PovertyIn the wake of protests against school mask mandates and a supposed critical-race-theory takeover of the curriculum, Hava Rachel Gordon’s new book provides a fresh examination of neoliberal school reforms and the impact of the coalitions opposing them. * Mobilization *

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding reentry experiences after incarcerationPrison in the United States often has a revolving door, with droves of formerly incarcerated people ultimately finding themselves behind bars again. In Beyond Recidivism, Andrea Leverentz, Elsa Y. Chen, and Johnna Christian bring together a leading group of interdisciplinary scholars to examine this phenomenon using several approaches to research on recently released prisoners returning to their lives. They focus on the social context of reentry and look at the stories returning prisoners tell, including such key issues as when they choose to reveal (or not) their criminal histories. Drawing on contemporary studies, contributors examine the best ideas that have emerged over the last decade to understanding the challenges prisoners face upon reentering society. Together, they present a complete picture of prisoner reentry, including real-world recommendations for policies to ensure the well-being of returning prisoners, regardless of Trade Review"A timely and important volume at the cutting edge of research on prisoner reentry and reintegration, Beyond Recidivism delivers on its promise to skillfully examine critical questions regarding the social, economic, and cultural lives of the formerly incarcerated and their families. This book is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to address the harms of mass incarceration." -- David Harding, co-author of On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration"Beyond Recidivism is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning literature on prisoner reentry and is a must read for both scholars and policymakers working in this field. Scholars will appreciate the methodological insights it provides on collecting data in prisons, in jails, and among reentry populations as well as the recognition of how the intersection of race and gender shape the experiences of returning offenders. Policymakers should take note of the inherent shortcomings of recidivism measures, the availability of programs for returning offenders and, most notably, the import of research for correctional policy. Simply put, this is a stunning contribution to research on prisoner reentry." -- Candace Kruttschnitt, co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending"There are many insightful ways to understand the consequences of prison than a simple reliance on recidivism. This book describes a wonderful range of them. It is a cure for the recidivism obsession." -- Todd R. Clear, co-author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America"Social workers, criminologists, criminal justice professionals, and sociologists would find this book particularly informative in developing research studies. Policy makers, practitioners, and people working at agencies would also find the book useful in understanding the reentering population and the benefits and limitations of risk-needs assessment instruments." * Theoretical Criminology *

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at the urban environments of Houston and CopenhagenHow are modern cities changing, and what implications do those changes have for city inhabitants? What kinds of cities do people want to live in, and what cities do people want to create in the future? Michael Oluf Emerson and Kevin T. Smiley argue that western cities have diverged into two specific and different types: market cities and people cities. Market cities are focused on wealth, jobs, individualism, and economic opportunities. People cities are more egalitarian, with government investment in infrastructure and an active civil society. Analyzing the practices and policies of cities with two separate foci, markets or people, has substantial implications both for everyday residents and future urban planning and city development. Market Cities, People Cities examines these diverging trends through extended case studies of Houston, Texas as a market city and Copenhagen, Denmark as a people city, and draw on data fTrade Review"Emerson and Smiley have a fresh approach. They make a real distinction in how cities operate: what citizenship and welfare mean, what infrastructure means, and how environmental crisis can be addressed. They also are doing something excellent in bringing up social democracies and using them as a tool for pointing forward and gaining broader understanding. It's about time we paid attention to social democracies. . .This book takes it to the urban front." -- Harvey Molotch,Author of Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways and Other Sites of Ambiguous Dan"Market Cities, People Cities completely changes our vocabulary about how cities evolve. Michael O. Emerson and Kevin T. Smiley give urban decision makers a new way to understand their cities and shape their policies to create the kind of city that is right for their citys residents." -- William Fulton,Author of Talk City: A Chronicle of Political Life in an All-American Town

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Book SynopsisThe Sounds of Latinidad explores the Latino music scene as a lens through which to understand changing ideas about latinidad in the New South. Focusing on Latino immigrant musicians and their fans in Charlotte, North Carolina, the volume shows how limited economic mobility, social marginalization, and restrictive immigration policies have stymied immigrants' access to the American dream and musicians' dreams of success. Instead, Latin music has become a way to form community, debate political questions, and claim cultural citizenship. The volume illuminates the complexity of Latina/o musicians' lives. They find themselves at the intersection of culture and politics, often pushed to define a vision of what it means to be Latino in a globalizing city in the Nuevo South. At the same time, they often avoid overt political statements and do not participate in immigrants' rights struggles, instead holding a cautious view of political engagement. Yet despite this politics of ambivalence, LatiTrade ReviewA ground-breaking study of Southern Latinidad that brings to the fore the political, cultural, and social pressures shaping the everyday lives of immigrant musicians. Under the weight of anti-immigrant legislation and public backlash, Latinas/os of the 'Queen City' are exerting a sense of community, belonging, and cultural citizenship through music making and dance. This book is detailed in its analysis, theoretically nuanced, and richly documented based on Byrdsextensive fieldwork in this global city. It will inspire much needed scholarship on current Latina/o music and dance not only in the global South but wherever new Latina/o communities are remaking the musical landscapes of cities and towns across the United States. -- David Garcia,University of North Carolina at Chapel HillA timely and exciting book offering a fresh look at the growing significance of Latino/a musicians in Charlotte and their role in the making of Southern latinidad. Byrd offers insight into different musical communities in Charlotte through the experiences of Latino/a musicians and illuminates issues related to politics, community, social class, belonging, and immigration. . . . Makes a valuable contribution to anthropology, sociology, and Latino/a studies and is a must-read for anyone interested Latino expressive culture, especially in the U.S. South. -- Kimberly Eison Simmons,University of South CarolinaSamuel K. Byrd offers an insightful musical snapshot of what statistics, policy think tanks, and others rechristened twenty years ago as the & Nuevo Latino SouthSounds of Latinidad demonstrates how the demographic shifts in southern states are heard as an intercultural fusion of Latino music, signaling a southern form of Latinidad. Byrd brings Charlotte and Las Carolinas to our attention as an exciting immigrant gateway to listen to. * Journal of Popular Music Studies *Table of Contentsv Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Charlotte, a Globalizing City 17 2. The Latin Music Scene in Charlotte 41 3. Bands Making Musical Communities 59 4. "Thursday Is Bakalao's Day!" Bands at Work and Play 85 5. The "Collective Circle": Music and Ambivalent Politics in Charlotte 107 6. Shifting Urban Genres 141 7. Race and the Expanding Borderlands Condition 165 8. The Festival: Marketing Latinidad 189 9. Musicians' Ethics and Aesthetics 217 Conclusion 237 Notes 255 Bibliography 265 Index 281 About the Author 287

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Book SynopsisA unique insight into desegregation in the suburbs and how racial inequality persists Half of Black Americans who live in the one hundred largest metropolitan areas are now living in suburbs, not cities. In Liberty Road, Gregory Smithsimon shows us how this happened, and why it matters, unearthing the hidden role that suburbs played in establishing the Black middle-class. Focusing on Liberty Road, a Black middle-class suburb of Baltimore, Smithsimon tells the remarkable story of how residents broke the color barrier, against all odds, in the face of racial discrimination, tensions with suburban whites and urban Blacks, and economic crises like the mortgage meltdown of 2008. Drawing on interviews, census data, and archival research he shows us the unique strategies that suburban Black residents in Liberty Road employed, creating a blueprint for other Black middle-class suburbs. Smithsimon re-orients our perspective on race relations in American life to consider the lived experiences andTrade ReviewLiberty Road uncovers and exposes the social, political, cultural, and economic contradictions of middle-class African-American suburban life. Gregory Smithsimon explores the ways social conflicts and inequalities play out and through physical places and emphasizes the roles that African-American residents play in understanding and addressing suburban community issues. -- Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle ClassGregory Smithsimon chronicles the experiences of middle-class blacks who were the first residents to integrate into Liberty Road, a predominantly white Baltimore suburb. He explores their side of the story, showing us how this racial project unfolded in political ways, constraining black progress under the guise of racial inclusivity. -- Michael Ian Borer, co-author of Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and TownsThis deeply-researched and engrossing text invites us to think of the relationship between race, place, and neoliberalism in innovative ways, namely through an examination of African-American suburbanites. In doing so, Smithsimon provides a crucial analysis of the persistent tensions between racial progress and retrenchment. -- Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in FranceAfrican American suburbs are different from African American urban communities and middle-class white communities, often in counterintuitive ways. Liberty Road explains the history, present, and future significance of these differences. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Liberty Road locates Black suburbs as an essential and a mitigating force in the American dream. We overlook these spaces in our understanding of cities and our history at our own peril. This is an important and engaging book for urban sociology and history, made so by the author’s skillful weaving of personal stories with archival research to ground the analysis in specific people and places. * The Journal of Southern History *By bringing African American agency to the forefront of the discussion, Greg Smithsimon successfully disentangles the complex web of causes related to the growth of African American suburban communities…Liberty Road is informative and articulate, written in language accessible to academics and nonacademics…Practitioners and lay people will find the book useful in providing an understanding of Black suburbs and the role that they continue to play in a highly segregated residential landscape. * Journal of Urban Affairs *A new book examines how Baltimore’s African American middle class overcame color barriers and racial tensions along the Liberty Road corridor over the past five decades as they established themselves in classic suburban neighborhoods. Author Gregory Smithsimon draws upon interviews, archives and census data to show how this area of Baltimore County is now home to approximately 82,000 Black people ... It’s clear that Smithsimon rang the right doorbells and listened attentively to some of the people who experienced the times. * The Baltimore Sun *

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding reentry experiences after incarcerationPrison in the United States often has a revolving door, with droves of formerly incarcerated people ultimately finding themselves behind bars again. In Beyond Recidivism, Andrea Leverentz, Elsa Y. Chen, and Johnna Christian bring together a leading group of interdisciplinary scholars to examine this phenomenon using several approaches to research on recently released prisoners returning to their lives. They focus on the social context of reentry and look at the stories returning prisoners tell, including such key issues as when they choose to reveal (or not) their criminal histories. Drawing on contemporary studies, contributors examine the best ideas that have emerged over the last decade to understanding the challenges prisoners face upon reentering society. Together, they present a complete picture of prisoner reentry, including real-world recommendations for policies to ensure the well-being of returning prisoners, regardless of Trade Review"A timely and important volume at the cutting edge of research on prisoner reentry and reintegration, Beyond Recidivism delivers on its promise to skillfully examine critical questions regarding the social, economic, and cultural lives of the formerly incarcerated and their families. This book is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to address the harms of mass incarceration." -- David Harding, co-author of On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration"Beyond Recidivism is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning literature on prisoner reentry and is a must read for both scholars and policymakers working in this field. Scholars will appreciate the methodological insights it provides on collecting data in prisons, in jails, and among reentry populations as well as the recognition of how the intersection of race and gender shape the experiences of returning offenders. Policymakers should take note of the inherent shortcomings of recidivism measures, the availability of programs for returning offenders and, most notably, the import of research for correctional policy. Simply put, this is a stunning contribution to research on prisoner reentry." -- Candace Kruttschnitt, co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending"There are many insightful ways to understand the consequences of prison than a simple reliance on recidivism. This book describes a wonderful range of them. It is a cure for the recidivism obsession." -- Todd R. Clear, co-author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America"Social workers, criminologists, criminal justice professionals, and sociologists would find this book particularly informative in developing research studies. Policy makers, practitioners, and people working at agencies would also find the book useful in understanding the reentering population and the benefits and limitations of risk-needs assessment instruments." * Theoretical Criminology *

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Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship between race and space, and how do racial politics inform the organization and development of urban locales?In Race and the Politics of Deception, Christopher Mele unpacks America's history of dealing with racial problems through the inequitable use of public space. Mele focuses on Chester, Pennsylvaniaa small city comprised of primarily low-income, black residents, roughly twenty miles south of Philadelphia. Like many cities throughout the United States, Chester is experiencing post-industrial decline. A development plan touted as a way to save the city, proposes to turn one section into a desirable waterfront destination, while leaving the rest of the struggling residents in fractured communities. Dividing the city into spaces of tourism and consumption versus the everyday spaces of low-income residents, Mele argues, segregates the community by creating a racialized divide. While these development plans are described as socially inclusive and economically revTrade ReviewChristopher MelesRace and the Politics of Deceptionprovides an interesting and highly readable political and economic history of Chester, Pennsylvania, a small industrial city located in the southeastern corner of the state, between Philadelphia and Wilmington. * American Journal of Sociology *Race and the Politics of Deceptionunmasks the brutal, insidious, and predatory politics of a political machine that raped and plundered the City of Chester, Pennsylvania...Meles research is rich and substantive. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *A strength of the book is a good number of concrete accounts of how the local politics of urban development is consistently and strategically anchored in the ideologies and rhetoric of race. * Choice *Race and the Politics of Deception is a classic study which painstakingly details cities development and demise alongside their being inextricably tied to race and space. Mele's relational approach outlining contemporary urban social lifedeindustrialization, globalization, and continued structural inequalityadds to the social history of cities and the structural inequality plaguing American cities and their residents. A great read! -- Marlese Durr,co-editor of Race, Work, and Family in the Lives of African AmericansRace and the Politics of Deception makes a strong contribution to urban studies in exploring the dynamics of urban change within broader contexts of racial and historical inequity. Its nuanced analyses of the historical, local politics of Chester would be a fantastic teaching resource in history, urban studies, and sociology departments alike. In particular, the text serves as a prime teaching tool for historical methodologies that seek to explore race and racial politics. -- Tali Ziv,City & SocietyBy not only recounting a tale of past racism and urban development, but examining how a & new racism inscribes an old white supremacy onto the boneyards of contemporary spaces of exploitation, Mele neatly explains how contemporary white supremacynot the Donald Trump alt-right kind, but the Hillary Clinton/Paul Ryan neoliberal marketized brandwill continue to haunt us all. -- Corey Dolgon * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *In our current political moment, Race and the Politics of Deception reminds us exactly how racial deceptions continue to make America unequal, not just unequal American cities. . . . Ultimately, Meles careful analysis warns us that the strategic manipulation of race and racist ideologies for profit not only undermines cities like Chester, but poses a growing threat to American democracy itself. -- Jacob S. Rugh * Contexts *Mele weaves an engaging, coherent, and persuasive story of racial politics from beginning to end. The book uncovers perverse path-dependent patterns of racial segregation that originated in a much earlier historical period, but that are both persistent and difficult to change. -- Daniel T. Lichter * American Journal of Sociology *Meles book paints a compelling picture of the Republican political 'machine' that dominated local, county and state politics . . . He has demonstrated how business, politics and crime are seamlessly integrated into the body politic, making them often indistinguishable from one another. . . .As demonstrated by this book, urban ethnography, when undertaken with the care and skill that Mele brings to the subject matter, can provide a window into the darkest corners of urban decay. -- Frederick T. Martens, former Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission,Criminal Law and Criminal Justice BooksThe first impression you get when readingRaceand the Politics of Deceptionis the feeling that youre reading a literary work . . . Meles easy-going and fluid treatment of tricky concepts, like color-blindness,post-raciality, and blockbusting, to name a few, renders them accessible to a wider audience, thusmaking the reading process even more enjoyable. -- Elyes Hanafi * Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography *Urban America continues to be segregated and unequal. Mele demonstrates that this geography of inequality is deeply rooted in a historical legacy of racially motivated political decisions to maintain economic power and control. He clearly shows us that those claiming race neutrality are playing the game of political deception. For urban development, race, and history scholars, this book is a must-read. * Contemporary Sociology *What distinguishes Mele's telling from similar accounts of other cities is his focus on the agency and intentionality of urban elites and other members of the local Republican Political Machine in Chester. He uses the term race strategiesto describe the strategic deployment of racial stereotypes, stigmatization, scapegoating, and color-blind ideology as a means of stirring racial animus, diverting attention from political corruption, or justifying neoliberal development policies. -- Steven Tuttle * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *A warning to all who think they fully understand the forces that created white suburbs and poor inner citiesyou do not, and you need to read this book! It makes a compelling argument, backed up with detailed data, on how the politicians, business leaders, and developers in a typical American city manipulated race to their own endsnamely profit, not redevelopment. This book is a fascinating and often disturbing look at how racial inequality shapes urban America. -- Nancy Denton,co-author of American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the UnderclassThe characters and antagonisms in Mele’s account are very much alive for the reader, rendering it a powerful exposition of the intricacy of local politics and the immediate context of racism, activism, and broader economic changes. * City & Society *

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner, 2020 Early-Career Book Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher EducationHow Latinx kids and their undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy Street food markets have become wildly popular in Los Angelesand behind the scenes, Latinx children have been instrumental in making these small informal businesses grow. In Kids at Work, Emir Estrada shines a light on the surprising labor of these young workers, providing the first ethnography on the participation of Latinx children in street vending. Drawing on dozens of interviews with children and their undocumented parents, as well as three years spent on the streets shadowing families at work, Estrada brings attention to the unique set of hardships Latinx youth experience in this occupation. STrade ReviewEmir Estradas insightful ethnography reveals the complexity of the household economy of undocumented and mixed-status families in Los Angeles, from the standpoint of children who work as street vendors. Kids at Work forces a reconsideration of traditional notions of childhood, family relations, and work, by demonstrating how children with their own agency and decision-making capacity enter into mutually supportive and protective family and work arrangements with their parents to make ends meet. In the context of a highly-stratified economy and society, where race, illegality, class, and gender intersect to shape unequal life chances, Estradas ground-breaking book uncovers the central and indispensable role that children play as co-contributors to the household economy of our most vulnerable families. -- Zulema Valdez, author of Entrepreneurs and the Search for the American DreamEstrada balances methodological rigor with great empathylikely partially rooted in her own experiences as a teen vendorto develop a deeply insightful and nuanced analysis of the lives of immigrant children street vendors in Los Angeles. Written clearly and accessibly, the book reveals the structural context in which vending becomes necessary, while underscoring the childrens agency that allows them to find meaning in the work they do to help support their families and their own aspirations. Kids at Work will make readers not only notice, but also appreciate youth whose public labor challenges social notions of childhood in powerfully gendered and racialized ways. -- Leisy J. Abrego, author of Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across BordersThis original, thoughtful, engaging ethnography vividly captures the texture of everyday life among immigrant children and children of immigrants who work selling food in the streets of Los Angeles. In the childrens own voices, we learn about their economic contributions, their lives, and aspirations, but also from them about immigrant entrepreneurship, the complex dynamics in immigrant families, and childhood in general. Kids at Work resists facile explanations and makes an enduring contribution to the immigration scholarship. Indispensable reading for anyone interested in immigrant families. -- Cecilia Menjívar, co-author of Immigrant FamiliesKids at Work sheds new light on the role that children and youth play in family survival strategies in the urban commons of one of the most important immigrant metropolis of our era. This book brilliantly shows the agency of these young women and men who actively contribute to the well-being of their families. Emir Estrada has made a unique contribution to the sociology of children of immigrants, studying their lives as they work alongside their parents on the streets of Los Angeles. -- Ruben Hernandez-Leon, author of Metropolitan Migrants: The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United StatesWritten clearly and accessibly, this book offers an essential framework from which to critically examine Latinx childhood, family, labor, immigration, and community. * Choice *Like many well-crafted stories, Kids at Work left me genuinely curious about what will happen next for the working kids on these pages as they transition into working young adults. Will street vending be a crucial stepping-stone on a longer pathway to better quality employment, or could it be an impediment? Estrada invites these types of questions through her portrayal of the Latinx street vending families that is both meticulously detailed and fully compassionate. This book stands as an important contribution to the literature on immigration and work in the United States precisely because it highlights the fact that informal work represents an intergenerational activity for many immigrant Latinx families. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisHow Iraqi refugees navigate life, belonging, and exclusion in AmericaThe US invasion of Iraq in 2003 caused the largest forced migration in the Middle East since 1948, with millions of people fleeing to Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, European Union, Australia and the United States. In Iraqi Refugees in the United States, Ken R. Crane explores the uphill climb faced by Iraqi refugees who have sought belonging in a country engaged in an ongoing War on Terror. Drawing on numerous interviews and fieldwork, Crane explores the diverse experiences of a community of Iraqi refugees, showing how they have struggled to negotiate their place in the wake of mass displacement. He highlights the promise of belonging, as well as their many painful encounters with exclusion. Ultimately, Crane provides a window into the complexities of what becoming American means for Iraqi refugees, even as they are perceived by other Americans as security threats.As debates about immigration and refugee status continue Trade ReviewWith the ‘War on Terror’ and ongoing panic about migration and Islam, the few Iraqi refugees the US has admitted have faced particular challenges. Ken R. Crane shows how some of them have met these challenges with an account of how struggles to belong—that began with sanction-induced stresses and the US invasion—continued as refugees settled in the US. His up-close analysis of Iraqis living in the far-flung suburbs and exurbs at the edge of Los Angeles, known as the Inland Empire, shows how they “obliquely” resist assumptions about success and the good life implicit in state efforts to mold ideal immigrants, make concerted efforts to maintain connections among themselves, and find common ground with their Latinx neighbors. Based on nearly a decade of research that altered Crane’s own previous assumptions as a humanitarian worker, the book critically connects US foreign and domestic policies by letting the reader follow the evolution of families of different backgrounds and faith communities as they face Islamophobia, racialization, and find their way into new American lives at bake sales, soccer practices and neighborhood tiendas. -- Susan Ossman, author of Shifting Worlds, Shaping Fieldwork: A Memoir of Anthropology and ArtCompassionately and carefully tells the story of Iraqis displaced from their home country and forced to resettle in the U.S. owing to George W. Bush’s unbecoming ‘war on terror.’ Crane poignantly and meticulously builds an understanding of what belongingness meant for the displaced and resettled Iraqis in a country whose political decisions and actions had upended their lives. The book amplifies the voices of a diverse group of Iraqis as they combatted the worst economic recession, the rising Islamophobia and the constant reminder of the violence they fled. A compelling portrait of resilience, belonging, and an intense desire for a peaceful future for their families and community. -- Pallavi Banerjee, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of CalgaryThis book can be a useful addition to classes on refugee integration, migration, and acculturation…the book provides a good, introductory analysis of Middle Eastern homemaking in the United States. * Mashriq & Mahjar *

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Book SynopsisThe surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City's Washington Square Park Located in New York City's Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park that is perhaps best known for its historic Washington Square Arch, a landmark at the foot of 5th Avenue. Hundreds, if not thousands, pass through the park every day, some sit on benches enjoying the sunshine, play a game of chess, watch their children play in the playground, take their dog to the dog runs, or sit by the fountain or, sometimes, buy or sell drugs. The park has an extremely low crime rate. Sociologist, and local resident, Erich Goode wants to know why. He notes that many visitors do violate park rules and ordinances, even engaging in misdemeanors like cigarette and marijuana smoking, alcohol consumption, public urination, skateboarding and bike riding. And yet, he argues, contrary to the well-known broken windows theory, which suggests thatTrade ReviewBased on direct and perceptive observations, Erich gives us a complete, comparative and comprehensive view of what is going on in WSP. Very wisely, he contextualizes this view in more general perspectives of NYC, the U.S.A and relevant sociological perceptions. Consequently, readers are taken not only to a fascinating social tour of the park, but also absorb outstanding exposes of looking at WSP from different, relevant and insightful angles. This provides an absolutely engaging, pleasurable and a wonderfully positive reading and learning experience. This is a breathtaking text that people will love to read and enjoy. It is both descriptive and analytical, suggesting many insights and most of all, makes one think. -- Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Co-author of Fraud and Misconduct in ResearchWith knowing mind and perceptive eye, this veteran sociologist unlocks the hyper-civility of Washington Squareoften held as archetype for social richness in a public place. Goode displays how democratic values and complex accommodation can live through daily interactionin quarrels and kindness, decencies and, yes, some disrespect. It is, in ways we learn, the blemished agora of hybrid greatness. -- Harvey Molotch, Author of Against SecurityRich in detail and analysis, Eric Goode’s book portrays Washington Square Park through the eyes of an affectionate observer. His The Taming of New York’s Washington Square is an important addition to the literature on this famous public space -- Criminal Law and Criminal JusticeGoode’s study of Washington Square is a deep dive into how this space is used and what we can learn from the interactions within… an intimate exploration of a much-loved place, grounded in traditional sociological concepts. * American Journal of Sociology *The Taming of New York’s Washington Square offers ideas about safety and tolerance in public spaces in cities at a time when Americans are passionately debating the role of law enforcement in society. ... Washington Square Park, Erich Goode demonstrates, presents a model that prioritizes the responsibility of citizens in maintaining civility and relegates police to a secondary role. * Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History *

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Book SynopsisCities of the Arabian Peninsula reveal contradictions of contemporary urbanizationThe fast-growing cities of the Persian Gulf are, whatever else they may be, indisputably sensational. The world's tallest building is in Dubai; the 2022 World Cup in soccer will be played in fantastic Qatar facilities; Saudi Arabia is building five new cities from scratch; the Louvre, the Guggenheim and the Sorbonne, as well as many American and European universities, all have handsome outposts and campuses in the region. Such initiatives bespeak strategies to diversify economies and pursue grand ambitions across the Earth. Shining special light on Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Dohawhere the dynamics of extreme urbanization are so strongly evidentthe authors of The New Arab Urban trace what happens when money is plentiful, regulation weak, and labor conditions severe. Just how do authorities in such settings reconcile goals of oft-claimed civic betterment with hyper-segregation and radical inequality? How do thTrade Review"The book offers an invaluable survey of the topic, and a guide to a vast literature on this increasingly important region that is largely absent from urban studies as a whole." -- Urban Studies"The region’s urbanization has had a profound global influence on the worlds of architecture and urban planning, and on what urban megaprojects are more broadly expected to do in an economy or society... The Gulf, as [the contributors] claim in The New Arab Urban, is not just a passive recipient of urban policy, but a key site of production." -- Public Books"With a firm perspective on regional context and urban specificity, this collection of original essays offers a range of grounded conceptual narratives on architecture, urban planning, consumption, work and daily life in a group of cities––specifically, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Masdar––that embody the phenomenon that is ‘the new Arab urban’." * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *"Despite the academic interest that the spectacular new 'cities' in the Arab Gulf have garnered lately, this fascinating book argues that our tried-and-tested theories fall short in understanding them or learning from their rapid urbanization. The various essays propose different approaches to considering this old/new form of urbanity, but, together with the editors critical conclusion, expand the domain of urban study itself to draw concepts like mobility, transience, complexity, hybridity, contradiction, spontaneity, and even unpredictability into its interpretive paradigms. The book simply aims to achieve for the study of the 'Gulf city' the same kind of perspectival adjustment that Janet Abu Lughod accomplished for the 'Islamic city.'" -- Nasser Rabbat,Author of Mamluk History Through Architecture: Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt"Molotch and Ponzini promise us 'analytical shock therapy,' and that is what this book delivers. Inspired by Learning from Las Vegas, they ask us to set aside preconceptions, showing that cities really can be created with land monopoly and a potent mix of spectacle, inequality and authoritarianism. Whats more, these are not one-offs, but test beds for new globalizing forms of city building, as they are emulated and exported. There is urgent need to understand them, and for disquiet." -- Michael Storper,Co-author of The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles"The New Arab Urban is a magisterial account of the densely settled Arab Gulf... a memorable work on the urbanization of the Arab Gulf, one that will be indispensable to future research and scholarship on the region." * Global Policy Journal *

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Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship between race and space, and how do racial politics inform the organization and development of urban locales?In Race and the Politics of Deception, Christopher Mele unpacks America's history of dealing with racial problems through the inequitable use of public space. Mele focuses on Chester, Pennsylvaniaa small city comprised of primarily low-income, black residents, roughly twenty miles south of Philadelphia. Like many cities throughout the United States, Chester is experiencing post-industrial decline. A development plan touted as a way to save the city, proposes to turn one section into a desirable waterfront destination, while leaving the rest of the struggling residents in fractured communities. Dividing the city into spaces of tourism and consumption versus the everyday spaces of low-income residents, Mele argues, segregates the community by creating a racialized divide. While these development plans are described as socially inclusive and economically revTrade Review"Christopher MelesRace and the Politics of Deceptionprovides an interesting and highly readable political and economic history of Chester, Pennsylvania, a small industrial city located in the southeastern corner of the state, between Philadelphia and Wilmington." * American Journal of Sociology *"Race and the Politics of Deceptionunmasks the brutal, insidious, and predatory politics of a political machine that raped and plundered the City of Chester, Pennsylvania...Meles research is rich and substantive." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *"A strength of the book is a good number of concrete accounts of how the local politics of urban development is consistently and strategically anchored in the ideologies and rhetoric of race." * Choice *"Race and the Politics of Deception is a classic study which painstakingly details cities development and demise alongside their being inextricably tied to race and space. Mele's relational approach outlining contemporary urban social lifedeindustrialization, globalization, and continued structural inequalityadds to the social history of cities and the structural inequality plaguing American cities and their residents. A great read!" -- Marlese Durr,co-editor of Race, Work, and Family in the Lives of African Americans"Race and the Politics of Deception makes a strong contribution to urban studies in exploring the dynamics of urban change within broader contexts of racial and historical inequity. Its nuanced analyses of the historical, local politics of Chester would be a fantastic teaching resource in history, urban studies, and sociology departments alike. In particular, the text serves as a prime teaching tool for historical methodologies that seek to explore race and racial politics." -- Tali Ziv,City & Society"By not only recounting a tale of past racism and urban development, but examining how a & new racism inscribes an old white supremacy onto the boneyards of contemporary spaces of exploitation, Mele neatly explains how contemporary white supremacynot the Donald Trump alt-right kind, but the Hillary Clinton/Paul Ryan neoliberal marketized brandwill continue to haunt us all." -- Corey Dolgon * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *"In our current political moment, Race and the Politics of Deception reminds us exactly how racial deceptions continue to make America unequal, not just unequal American cities. . . . Ultimately, Meles careful analysis warns us that the strategic manipulation of race and racist ideologies for profit not only undermines cities like Chester, but poses a growing threat to American democracy itself." -- Jacob S. Rugh * Contexts *"Mele weaves an engaging, coherent, and persuasive story of racial politics from beginning to end. The book uncovers perverse path-dependent patterns of racial segregation that originated in a much earlier historical period, but that are both persistent and difficult to change." -- Daniel T. Lichter * American Journal of Sociology *"Meles book paints a compelling picture of the Republican political 'machine' that dominated local, county and state politics . . . He has demonstrated how business, politics and crime are seamlessly integrated into the body politic, making them often indistinguishable from one another. . . .As demonstrated by this book, urban ethnography, when undertaken with the care and skill that Mele brings to the subject matter, can provide a window into the darkest corners of urban decay." -- Frederick T. Martens, former Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission,Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books"The first impression you get when readingRaceand the Politics of Deceptionis the feeling that youre reading a literary work . . . Meles easy-going and fluid treatment of tricky concepts, like color-blindness,post-raciality, and blockbusting, to name a few, renders them accessible to a wider audience, thusmaking the reading process even more enjoyable." -- Elyes Hanafi * Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography *"Urban America continues to be segregated and unequal. Mele demonstrates that this geography of inequality is deeply rooted in a historical legacy of racially motivated political decisions to maintain economic power and control. He clearly shows us that those claiming race neutrality are playing the game of political deception. For urban development, race, and history scholars, this book is a must-read." * Contemporary Sociology *"What distinguishes Mele's telling from similar accounts of other cities is his focus on the agency and intentionality of urban elites and other members of the local Republican Political Machine in Chester. He uses the term race strategiesto describe the strategic deployment of racial stereotypes, stigmatization, scapegoating, and color-blind ideology as a means of stirring racial animus, diverting attention from political corruption, or justifying neoliberal development policies." -- Steven Tuttle * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *"A warning to all who think they fully understand the forces that created white suburbs and poor inner citiesyou do not, and you need to read this book! It makes a compelling argument, backed up with detailed data, on how the politicians, business leaders, and developers in a typical American city manipulated race to their own endsnamely profit, not redevelopment. This book is a fascinating and often disturbing look at how racial inequality shapes urban America." -- Nancy Denton,co-author of American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass"The characters and antagonisms in Mele’s account are very much alive for the reader, rendering it a powerful exposition of the intricacy of local politics and the immediate context of racism, activism, and broader economic changes." * City & Society *

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Book SynopsisHow Iraqi refugees navigate life, belonging, and exclusion in AmericaThe US invasion of Iraq in 2003 caused the largest forced migration in the Middle East since 1948, with millions of people fleeing to Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, European Union, Australia and the United States. In Iraqi Refugees in the United States, Ken R. Crane explores the uphill climb faced by Iraqi refugees who have sought belonging in a country engaged in an ongoing War on Terror. Drawing on numerous interviews and fieldwork, Crane explores the diverse experiences of a community of Iraqi refugees, showing how they have struggled to negotiate their place in the wake of mass displacement. He highlights the promise of belonging, as well as their many painful encounters with exclusion. Ultimately, Crane provides a window into the complexities of what becoming American means for Iraqi refugees, even as they are perceived by other Americans as security threats.As debates about immigration and refugee status continue Trade Review"With the ‘War on Terror’ and ongoing panic about migration and Islam, the few Iraqi refugees the US has admitted have faced particular challenges. Ken R. Crane shows how some of them have met these challenges with an account of how struggles to belong—that began with sanction-induced stresses and the US invasion—continued as refugees settled in the US. His up-close analysis of Iraqis living in the far-flung suburbs and exurbs at the edge of Los Angeles, known as the Inland Empire, shows how they “obliquely” resist assumptions about success and the good life implicit in state efforts to mold ideal immigrants, make concerted efforts to maintain connections among themselves, and find common ground with their Latinx neighbors. Based on nearly a decade of research that altered Crane’s own previous assumptions as a humanitarian worker, the book critically connects US foreign and domestic policies by letting the reader follow the evolution of families of different backgrounds and faith communities as they face Islamophobia, racialization, and find their way into new American lives at bake sales, soccer practices and neighborhood tiendas." -- Susan Ossman, author of Shifting Worlds, Shaping Fieldwork: A Memoir of Anthropology and Art"Compassionately and carefully tells the story of Iraqis displaced from their home country and forced to resettle in the U.S. owing to George W. Bush’s unbecoming ‘war on terror.’ Crane poignantly and meticulously builds an understanding of what belongingness meant for the displaced and resettled Iraqis in a country whose political decisions and actions had upended their lives. The book amplifies the voices of a diverse group of Iraqis as they combatted the worst economic recession, the rising Islamophobia and the constant reminder of the violence they fled. A compelling portrait of resilience, belonging, and an intense desire for a peaceful future for their families and community." -- Pallavi Banerjee, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Calgary"This book can be a useful addition to classes on refugee integration, migration, and acculturation…the book provides a good, introductory analysis of Middle Eastern homemaking in the United States." * Mashriq & Mahjar *

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Book SynopsisExplores the role of race and consumer culture in attracting urban congregants to an evangelical church The Urban Church Imagined illuminates the dynamics surrounding white urban evangelical congregations' approaches to organizational vitality and diversifying membership. Many evangelical churches are moving to urban, downtown areas to build their congregations and attract younger, millennial members. The urban environment fosters two expectations. First, a deep familiarity and reverence for popular consumer culture, and second, the presence of racial diversity. Church leaders use these ideas when they imagine what a city church should look like, but they must balance that with what it actually takes to make this happen. In part, racial diversity is seen as key to urban churches presenting themselves as in touch and authentic. Yet, in an effort to seduce religious consumers, church leaders often and inadvertently end up reproducing racial and economic inequality, an unexpected contradiTrade Review"The authors demonstrate how the racialized urban imaginary affects the religious practices, organizations, and identity of this recently formed congregation, and the complex interactions among race, religion, class, gender, cultural consumption, and the city. The discussion revolves around the key concepts of racialized urban imaginary, managed diversity, and racial utility. A significant contribution to religion, race, and urban studies." * Choice *"In The Urban Church Imagined, Jessica M. Barron and Rhys H. Williams examine the 'dueling imaginations' posited by Downtown Churchs [DC] suburban-based leaders and city-based congregants as their new congregation negotiates racial, class, and gender boundaries. The depth and accessibility of this book make it an excellent read for scholars, students, and religious leaders interested in the sociology of religion, race theory, and/or the urban landscape." * Reading Religion *"The Urban Church Imagined offers a compelling insight on the organizational practices of white-led religious institutions as they attempt to interact with diversity … they offer a provocative salvo in furthering our understanding of the shallow adaptations of diversity and inclusion occurring in white evangelical organizations throughout the United States. In an era where racial coding and antagonism continue to resonate throughout social and political discourse, Barron and Williams have given good cause for further examination of the intersection of race, religion, and the city." -- American Journal of Sociology"This book serves as a useful guide for how churches may approach attracting new members in a period of increasing racial diversity and declining worship attendance." -- Review of Religious Research"The Urban Church Imagined sheds light on this problematic dichotomy of the desire to reach the urban population and to be relevant in the racially diverse context of urban areas on the one hand, and the implicit racism, sexism, and classism undergirding their history on the other hand … The critical perspective offered in the book has a massive potential as a working tool for professionals involved in urban ministry, both lay and ordained … Overall, The Urban Church Imagined is a practical, insightful, and well written exploration of the challenges of social aspects in urban ministry that carries massive potential for the modern church as a whole, both the urban and the rural, both the diverse and the homogeneous." -- Anglican Theological Review"The City Imagined expertly takes us into the heart of 'new urban' Christianity, a Christianity reflecting a renewed interest in the city, but a city highly constructed to serve idealized purposes. With richness of analysis and deep insight, we learn about the very heart of new America--thegood, the bad, and the ugly. A fascinating read." -- Michael O. Emerson,Provost and Professor, North Park University and author of Blacks and Whites in Christian America"Ambitious evangelicals want to reach the citya dynamic place filled with connotations of fashion, power, and cosmopolitanism. But the desire of evangelical churches to be relevant and racially diverse is colliding with the implicit racism still underlying their history. Drawing from observations in a multiracial evangelical church in downtown Chicago, The Urban Church Imagined reveals how modern evangelicalism is deeply entangled in the desire for contemporary relevance while persisting in racial prejudices and outright discrimination." -- Gerardo Marti,author of A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church"Barron and her coauthor, Rhys H. Williams, closely observe church members and leaders through interviews and ethnographic work. In doing so, they establish a better understanding of the links between city culture and modern evangelicalism that make Downtown Church appealing to its young members who desire an interracial and hip churchgoing experience." * Religious Studies Review *

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Book SynopsisCo-Winner of the 2023 Latino/a Section Best Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention, 2024 Best Book Award, given by the Asia and Asian America section of the American Sociological AssociationThe stories of second-generation immigrant gay men coming of age in Los AngelesGrowing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA could not have felt further removed from a world where queerness was accepted and celebrated. Instead, the men profiled here maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. For these men, the path to sexual freedom often involves chasing the dreams while resisting the expectations of their immigrant parentsand finding community in each other. Ocampo also details his own story of reconciling his queer Filipino American idTrade ReviewTold through stories that redefine what it means to be a gay person of color at the intersection of homophobia, sexism, and racism... the text smoothly combines personal anecdotes with thorough sociological research, spotlighting those who feel they don't fit the archetype of the ideal gay man within predominantly White queer spaces, both virtual and in-person. Ocampo should be commended for presenting the lives of queer people of color in a humane, compassionate, and informative way. An important book that showcases different models for gay men of color. * Kirkus Reviews (starred) *The intersections of race, immigration, and queerness are as much at the core of Ocampo’s book as bigger-picture analyses of masculinity. This book is the best platform to dive into the matter and reemerge feeling inspired and motivated to just be and become one’s unique self, the person one was always meant to be. * Library Journal *Brown and Gay in LA documents the challenges of growing up gay for second-generation urban Latinos and Filipinos in this insightful blend of ethnography and memoir. Ocampo creates a collective voice out of the many people he interviewed while simultaneously honoring each experience. The result is a daring and provocative portrait of a uniquely diverse generation. * Publishers Weekly *At the heart of Brown and Gay in LA is a central interior tension people whose surroundings constantly show them the many ways in which they do not belong. A professor of sociology, Anthony Christian Ocampo weaves the stories of his interlocutors with personal narrative writing and workmanlike, scholarly prose to suggest a tenderness that comes from personal history. Rather than write strictly for academics, or write a memoir that is concerned only with the self, Ocampo splits the difference. -- Jason Frank * Vulture *A nuanced perspective on this particular kind of coming-of-age: coming out, perhaps leaving home for college, finding new families in public and private spaces. Ocampo writes lovingly of gatherings that have provided gay men of color an escape not just from the judgment of traditional families but also from the cultural dominance of white West Hollywood. -- Jireh Deng * Los Angeles Times *Ocampo analyzes with great empathy the struggles of his informants as gay children of immigrants, often with non-English-speaking families, conservative values, and Roman Catholic mores. Thoughtfully evoked and beautifully narrated. -- Vernon Rosario * The Gay & Lesbian Review *A brilliant and soulful ethnography that merges probing critical analysis, social history, and cultural inquiry, with emotional clarity and dignity. Ocampo uses his own experience as a queer Filipino person as a form of intellectual insight and wisdom, thereby demonstrating how the role of the imperial, distant scholar, in contrast, leaves so many stones unturned, and how care matters in rigorous scholarship. I highly recommend this beautifully written work. * Imani Perry, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation *Anthony Christian Ocampo shows us page after page that superb research deserves the artful rendering of a dedicated artist offering up the resonances of that research to hungry, wide-eyed readers. In order to actually experience, not simply explore, and definitely not exploit, the lives of Brown and Gay men in LA, Ocampo summons the artistry of our finest writers, moving us from watcher to reader to witness to this once in a generation offering. * Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir and Long Division *Anthony Ocampo has written a book for our time. Brown and Gay in LA has got it all. This elegantly written and sociologically sophisticated book skillfully explores what it means to live at the intersection of immigration, race, and LGBTQ identity. Drawing on richly developed life histories of gay Latino and Filipino men in Los Angeles, Ocampo brings to light the untold stories of young men at the margins of multiple communities who experience the blunt force of racism and homophobia while also carving out spaces of community and belonging. Timely, relevant, and original, this could well be the most important book this year. * Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America *Through on-the-ground research and sensitive insights, Anthony Ocampo illuminates a generation escaping the pressures to assimilate by finding liberation among one another. Brown and Gay in LA presents a vivid, rigorous, and heartfelt examination of how community can serve as a radical bulwark against colonial legacies, religious intolerance, and racial exclusion. * Albert Samaha, author of Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City *Anthony Ocampo has crafted a gorgeous love letter to a distinctive generation of immigrant sons. In a series of tender portraits, he invites us into the heady world of Brown and Gay Los Angeles at a time of momentous change. Ocampo gracefully fuses his dual roles as storyteller and sociologist to distill the particulars and the universals of this cohort. The result is a transformative meditation on the meanings and substance of ambition in American life. * Ellen Wu, the author of The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority *Brown gay sons of immigrants have been largely invisible in nearly all their lifeworlds — often overtly or implicitly hostile to some part of their identity — as well as in the academic worlds that would do well to learn from them. Animated by his own voice and those of his many interviewees, Anthony Ocampo fills the void with a book that is richly storied, sociologically nuanced, affectingly written, effortlessly intersectional, and painfully hopeful. * Joshua Gamson, author of Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship *In this beautifully written book, Ocampo vividly tells the coming-of-age stories of over 60 young Filipino and Latino gay men in Los Angeles. Their experiences navigating the perilous landscapes shaped by racism and homophobia along with the fraught expectations of masculinity are heartbreaking. * Grace Kao, co-author of The Company We Keep: Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood *Brown and Gay in LA is at once an incisive sociological analysis of immigration from the perspectives of race, sexuality, and geography, and an emotive account of lives forged from multiple margins. Through Anthony Ocampo’s refusal to obey generic conventions, he joins his research participants in challenging dominant narratives that make legitimate movement across borders contingent on the capacity to inhabit societal norms. The result is an urgent book that not only asserts the existence of racialized queer experiences in particular times and places, but also invites reconsideration of the possibilities created through survivance of diverse itineraries of exclusion. * Jonathan Rosa, author of Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad *Brown and Gay in LA is a beautifully written representation that many queer people of color did not have previously. Ocampo is not only a skilled sociologist, but also an excellent storyteller. His approachable writing style, coupled with sharp sociological analyses, would benefit a wide range of audience, from undergraduate students to interested public audience alike... Ocampo tells an “I see you” story of visibility and recognition, acknowledging whole humanities of these gay sons of immigrants as well as other queer racial minorities whose identities and lives are often forcibly compartmentalized and fragmented. * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *The book takes a very personal stance, allowing readers to relate to these individuals and their lives. The well-written preface provides helpful context, explaining the author's use of certain phrases and labels. Ocampo does a very good job of presenting qualitative research on a much-needed subject. -- A. J. Ramirez, Valdosta State University * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisThe surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City's Washington Square Park Located in New York City's Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park that is perhaps best known for its historic Washington Square Arch, a landmark at the foot of 5th Avenue. Hundreds, if not thousands, pass through the park every day, some sit on benches enjoying the sunshine, play a game of chess, watch their children play in the playground, take their dog to the dog runs, or sit by the fountain or, sometimes, buy or sell drugs. The park has an extremely low crime rate. Sociologist, and local resident, Erich Goode wants to know why. He notes that many visitors do violate park rules and ordinances, even engaging in misdemeanors like cigarette and marijuana smoking, alcohol consumption, public urination, skateboarding and bike riding. And yet, he argues, contrary to the well-known broken windows theory, which suggests thatTrade Review"Based on direct and perceptive observations, Erich gives us a complete, comparative and comprehensive view of what is going on in WSP. Very wisely, he contextualizes this view in more general perspectives of NYC, the U.S.A and relevant sociological perceptions. Consequently, readers are taken not only to a fascinating social tour of the park, but also absorb outstanding exposes of looking at WSP from different, relevant and insightful angles. This provides an absolutely engaging, pleasurable and a wonderfully positive reading and learning experience. This is a breathtaking text that people will love to read and enjoy. It is both descriptive and analytical, suggesting many insights and most of all, makes one think." -- Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Co-author of Fraud and Misconduct in Research"With knowing mind and perceptive eye, this veteran sociologist unlocks the hyper-civility of Washington Squareoften held as archetype for social richness in a public place. Goode displays how democratic values and complex accommodation can live through daily interactionin quarrels and kindness, decencies and, yes, some disrespect. It is, in ways we learn, the blemished agora of hybrid greatness." -- Harvey Molotch, Author of Against Security"Rich in detail and analysis, Eric Goode’s book portrays Washington Square Park through the eyes of an affectionate observer. His The Taming of New York’s Washington Square is an important addition to the literature on this famous public space" -- Criminal Law and Criminal Justice"Goode’s study of Washington Square is a deep dive into how this space is used and what we can learn from the interactions within… an intimate exploration of a much-loved place, grounded in traditional sociological concepts." * American Journal of Sociology *"The Taming of New York’s Washington Square offers ideas about safety and tolerance in public spaces in cities at a time when Americans are passionately debating the role of law enforcement in society. ... Washington Square Park, Erich Goode demonstrates, presents a model that prioritizes the responsibility of citizens in maintaining civility and relegates police to a secondary role." * Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History *

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Book SynopsisThe Many Rooms of this House is a story about the rise and decline of religion in Toronto over the past 160 years.Trade Review‘Historians and social scientists interested in the evolution of Canadian society, cities, urban geography, religious diversity, and multiculturalism will gain much from reading this important, well-written, and meticulously researched book.’ -- David Seljack * Canadian Historical Review vol 99:01:2018 *Table of ContentsTables List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: Consolidating Protestantism Chapter 2: An Era of Exuberance, 1880-1920 Chapter 3: Fulsome Fellowship, 1880-1920 Chapter 4: Ecclesiastical Musical Chairs, 1920-1960 Chapter 5: The Empire of Full-Orbed Christianity, 1920-1960 Chapter 6: To Every Thing Turn! Turn! Turn! There is a Season, 1960-2000 Chapter 7: Fellowship in the Time of the Shopping Centre Conclusion: Ex Uno Plures? Appendix: West End Places of Worship 1840-2000 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisImperial Urbanism in the Borderlands is the first work to approach the history of Kyiv from an interdisciplinary perspective and showcases Kyiv's rightful place as a city worthy of attention from historians, urbanists, and literary scholars.Trade Review"Bilenky’s history of Kyiv is probing, timely, and heady." -- Steven Seegal, University of Northern Colorado * Slavic Review, vol 78 no 2 *"This detailed and thoroughly studied examination of Kyiv’s urbanism addresses an important gap in the contemporary scholarship on Ukraine’s modern history. Thanks to its methodological approach and comparative references, Kyiv’s modernism is set into a wider perspective of Europe’s urban development." -- Olena Palko, University of London * European History Quarterly *"This well-researched monograph is an excellent starting point for all further work and will be of great interest to both specialists and the general public alike." -- Fabian Baumann, University of Basel * East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies"Bilenky creates his detailed image of the city thanks to painstaking study of a multitude of published and unpublished sources. His archival research sheds light on various aspects, especially municipal administration, urban planning, the social structure, and the real estate market. The result is enjoyable reading that adds substantively to our knowledge of Kyiv and Ukrainian society in the nineteenth century." -- Johannes Remy, University of Helsinki * Harvard Ukrainian Studies Journal *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgements Maps Introduction Part I Representing the City Chapter 1 Mapping the city in transition Chapter 2 Using the past: The great cemetery of Rus' Part II Making the City Chapter 3 Municipal autonomy under the Magdeburg Law, 1800-1835 Chapter 4 Planning a new city: empire transforms space, 1835-1870 Chapter 5 Municipal autonomy reloaded: space for sale, 1871-1905 Part III Peopling the City Chapter 6 Counting Kyivites: the language of class, religion, and ethnicity Chapter 7 Municipal elites and "urban regimes": continuities and disruptions Part IV Living (in) the City Chapter 8 Sociospatial form and psychogeography Chapter 9 What language did the monuments speak? Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Imperial Urbanism in the Borderlands Notes Bibliography 560 Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is on the middle class—defined as those with a house, a car, and an education—and their consumption, aspirations, and hopes for their families. It takes as its starting point "what is working in Angola?" rather than "what is going wrong?" and makes a deliberate, political choice to give attention to beauty and happiness in everyday life in a country that has had an unusually troubled history.Each chapter focuses on one of the five senses, with the introduction and conclusion provoking reflection on proprioception (or kinesthesia) and curiosity. Various media are employed—poetry, recipes, photos, comics, and other textual experiments—to engage readers and their senses. Written for a broad audience, this text is an excellent addition to the study of Africa, the lusophone world, international development, sensory ethnography, and ethnographic Trade Review"[I]t is refreshing to get insight into actors, stories, and institutions generally ignored by most scholars, who are more interested in the state, politics, corruption, and exclusion than in seeking out new narratives and framings of Angola. The result is an absorbing account of everyday life as [Auerbach] investigates how people prosper and find meaning under difficult conditions." -- Claudia Gastrow, University of Johannesburg * H-Luso-Africa *Table of ContentsList of Images Acknowledgments Interview Report Preface Proprioception Introduction: Where Petrol Is Cheaper than Water: Life in Capitalismo selvagem The Back Story Representing “Africa”? On Making Sense in the Writing What the Book Is Actually About How the Research Was Done How to Read This Book Core Concepts Interlude: A Brief History of Angola Illustrated by Elinor Driver Smell 1. The Smell of Success: Perfume, Beauty, Sweat, Oil Read with Your Nose Conditioning the Air: Space and Control Class, Perfume, Dream: Aspiration and Authenticity Interlude: Recording Fieldwork Notes Objects Structured Observations of Space Touch 2. Touch and the Tactile: The Textures of Scouting in Capitalismo selvagem Seeing through the Skin Making the Mafia Stitching Pano Pants Catching Slipping Children Lighting the Fire as Service Building the New Man Choosing Appropriate T-Shirts Practicing Peace Interlude: Poems 1 Fatherhood Radio Building Seven Women Buying Cloth Fátima’s Mother, on Christmas Day 2013 The Cuban Help The Driver Taste 3. Changing Tastes: Palates and the Possible Recipes The Man Who Made Cake, Dona Maria, and the Sushi Chef Oral Histories: The Stories of Two Lives Interlude: Photo Essay 1: The Flavors of Peace Interlude: Photo Essay 2: Choices and Consumption Sound 4. Music, Fofoca, and the News: Sound, Space, and Orientation Sound Readings: Spectrographs, Annotation, Language Cold War Echoes: Higher Education, Ideology, and Contested Duties Interlude: Poems 2 Estrelinha (Little Star) Birds on Campus João, Collapsing Dona Maria Serving Soup Dona Inês Two Photographers Cinema Church Yoga Teacher Interlude: Photo Essay 3: Childhoods Interlude: Photo Essay 4: Leisure Sight 5. National Rebranding The Selfie and the Other National Rebranding: Guarantee Your Children a Better Past Biopolitical Screens: Frames of Vision Laughing on the Internet Insta Lies or Insta Truths? Fieldwork Ethics: Seven Afterimages Interlude: Photo Essay 5: Art Interlude: Photo Essay 6: Architecture Curiosity Conclusion: Attending the Beautiful in the Light of What We Know Capitalismo selvagem in Uncertain Times The Government Has Gone on Holiday, but Maybe João Lourenço Will Bring It Back Practicing Peace ... Again Notes Indicative Bibliography References Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, schools across North America, serving vastly distinct communities, have been subject to strikingly similar waves of neoliberal policies by governments that are reshaping the nature of teachers' work.Trade Review"Though Public Education, Neoliberalism, and Teachers: New York, Mexico City, Toronto will prove most useful to those studying education in North America, it will give those interested in neoliberalism more generally much to reflect upon. Though it is not a work of history, Bocking is careful to historicize his social scientific work, and the wealth of detail he provides in all three of his case studies — much of it previously untapped by scholars — will undoubtedly enrich the work of educational, economic, and labour historians grappling with the development of the most potent and controversial ideological formation of our time." -- Josh Cole * Historical Studies in Education *"This book will benefit audiences interested in labor relations and school governance." -- C. B. Thurston, University of Texas at San Antonio * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 1.1 What Is Teachers’ Professional Autonomy? Why Is It Important for Public Education? 1.2 Key Dimensions for Assessing Challenges to Professional Autonomy 1.3 A Geography of Teachers’ Professional Autonomy 1.4 Challenging Professional Autonomy 1.5 Methodology 1.6 Book Overview 2. Geographies of Professional Autonomy and Neoliberalism in North America Preface: Dia Del Trabajo 2.1 The Emergence of Public Education, Teachers’ Unions, and Professionalism 2.2 The Postwar Consolidation of Public Education Systems and Teachers’ Unions 2.3 The Neoliberalization of Education: Teacher Unionism on the Defensive 2.4 Transnational Elite Policy 2.5 Counter Hegemonic Continental Networks 3. New York City Preface: Visiting a Small High School on the Upper West Side 3.1 Structural Changes I: Centralizing Power to Facilitate Neoliberal Fast Policy 3.2 Structural Changes II: Transforming Workplace Culture 3.3 Teacher Precariousness and the Weakening of the School Site Union and Professional Autonomy 3.4 Scaling Up: Initiative in Neoliberal Policy Shifts from NYC to Albany 3.5 Cuomo’s Expansion of Standardized Testing into Teacher Evaluation: Undermining Professional Autonomy 3.6 State of Our Union, State of Our Schools 4. Mexico City Preface: Teachers’ Day 4.1 Transitions in State Power, Decentralization, and Emergence of Elba Esther Gordillo’s SNTE as a Key Neoliberal Actor 4.2 Re-Centralized Governance through School-Based Competition 4.3 From Clientelism to a Neoliberalized Teaching Profession 4.4 Enrique Peña Nieto and Fast Policy 4.5 What Makes a Teacher? Marginalizing the Normals and Teacher Education 4.6 Testing Teachers 4.7 Precarious Employment and Professional Autonomy 4.8 Acquiescence, Resistance, and the Challenges of Scaling Up: The CNTE in the City and the Countryside 5. Toronto Preface: School Workroom Cultures 5.1 Centralizing Governance: Increasing Ontario Ministry of Education Control of the Toronto District School Board 5.2 Quantifying Student Achievement: Policy from the Centre 5.3 Quantifying Student Achievement: Impact on the Classroom and Professional Autonomy 5.4 Quantifying Student Achievement: Intersection of Race, Class, and School Choice on Teachers’ Work 5.5 Scaling Up: The Centralization of Bargaining and the Negotiation of Professional Autonomy 6. Conclusion Preface: Confronting the Neoliberalization of Education 6.1 The Centrality of Teachers’ Professional Autonomy in the Struggle Against the Neoliberalization of Education 6.2 Teachers’ Unions as Champions of Professional Autonomy 6.3 A Multi Scalar Geography of Teachers’ Professional Autonomy Appendix: List of Interviews Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDavid Miller presents a compelling case that significant progress can be made at the local level by duplicating the actions of nine leading cities around the world.Trade Review"If you are feeling discouraged about how little is being done to combat climate change, David Miller’s new book is a real cheer-me-upper." -- John Sewell * TRNTO.com *"David Miller offers insights on everything from city planning to greening public transportation and dealing with waste products. Though Solved focuses on cities, it can certainly inspire citizens to start their own climate initiatives in smaller communities." -- Green Teacher"Solved is a laudable attempt to show the power of local government and the pivotal role cities can play in protecting the environment. The power of place is rightly emphasized as a key tool in the fight for environmental preservation." -- Andrew Barnfield, University of Bristol * Eurasian Geography and Economics *"An easy read, this book will encourage more cities to create implementable emission reduction plans, and all who are city residents to participate. Highly recommended." -- L.B. Allsopp, Arizona State University * CHOICE *"Across seven brisk chapters, Miller takes the reader on a Contiki tour of cities around the world and the incredible things that they are doing on the ground while their national governments dither and their national leaders pose earnestly with Greta Thunberg (or troll her)." -- Donald Wright, University of New Brunswick * Literary Review of Canada *"Miller’s book is a very positive perspective on the role of cities reacting to climate changes and reducing carbon emissions." -- Richard Smardon, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry * Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences *Table of ContentsForeword Preface 1. Plans 2. Energy and Electricity 3. Existing Buildings 4. New Buildings 5. Public Transportation 6. Personal and Other Transportation 7. Waste Epilogue Afterword

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Book SynopsisStreetlife reflects on the purpose, value, and meaning of our long valued but often taken for granted urban storefronts.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Urban Retail Predicament Conrad Kickert and Emily Talen Retail Trends and Transformations The Life and Death of Retail: Insights from Firm Demography Luc Anselin and Irene Farah The Ups and Downs of Retail, 2000–2015 Kevin Credit, Irene Farah, and Luc Anselin Commercial Gentrification: What Happens to Businesses and Services when the Neighborhood Changes? Rachel Meltzer The Case of E-Commerce Bricks and Clicks Liz Mack The Changing Demand for Urban Retail Space: Evidence from Canada Christopher Daniel and Tony Hernandez Online Sales and the British Urban Retail Hierarchy Colin Jones The Survival of Mom-and-Pops Small Business Survival: How and Why? Vikas Mehta Can Mom and Pop Stores Survive? A Survey of Small Retailers in Chicago Emily Talen What’s in a Chain?: On Hipness, Corporate Stores, and False Dichotomies in Urban Life Jeffrey Nathaniel Parker Retail, Place, and Place-Making Retail Scenes Hyesun Jeong and Terry Clark Main Street Morphology, Adaptability, and Resilience Rosa Danenberg Retail in the Mix Matthew Carmona Toward Solutions Curating Main Streets: The Factors of Success Michael W. Mehaffy and Tigran Haas The Spatial Logic of Urban Retail Conrad Kickert The Future of American Urban Retail Real Estate Heather Arnold Conclusion: Urban Retail Redefined Conrad Kickert and Emily Talen

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Book SynopsisReading modern architecture and urbanism in socialist and capitalist cities, this work challenges the twentieth-century divide between East and West in favour of a shared and contested history that plays out on the peripheries of the world's cities.Trade Review"The thorough bibliography comprises 279 references of both original sources and secondary literature, and along with the notes displays the breadth of intellectual reach at the foundation of the book, which together with excellent illustrations forms a functional, coherent, and inspiring book." -- Dragana Ćorović, University of Belgrade * Slavic Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction: Crossing Divides 2. Looking for the Antithesis of the Suburb 3. Socialist Space 4. South City as a Work of Art in the Age of Mass-Produced Dwellings 5. Redesigning the Post-war Suburban Landscape 6. The “Total Image”: The Making of Willowdale Modern Conclusion: Unearthing the Suburban Core Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFocusing on government-organized relocations of street vendors in Indonesia, Shadow Play carefully exposes the reasons why conflicts over urban planning are fought through information politics. Anthropologist Sheri Lynn Gibbings shows that information politics are the principal avenues through which the municipal government of Yogyakarta city seeks to implement its urban projects. Information politics are also the primary means through which street vendors, activists, and NGOs can challenge these plans. Through extensive interviews and lengthy participant observation in Yogyakarta, Gibbings shows that both state and non-state actors engage in transparency, rumours, conspiracies, and surveillance practices. Gibbings reveals that these entangled information practices create suspicion and fear, form new solidarities, and dissolve relationships. Shadow Play is a compelling study explaining how we cannot understand urban projects in post-Suharto Indonesia and Table of ContentsFigures Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Politics of Containment 3. Dialogue, Documents, and Distrust 4. Democratizing Surveillance 5. Press Releases and Silent Critiques 6. The Talk of Violence 7. Coinspiratorial Knowledge, Allah, and State Power 8. Agents and Brothers 9. Marketplace Relations 10. Conclusion List of Protagonists Glossary of Indonesian Terms and Abbreviations Notes

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Book SynopsisThis book interrogates and questions the meaning and implications of suburban creativity.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Preface Contributors Part I: Openings 1. Rethinking Creative and Cultural Practices from the Outside in – An Interdisciplinary Exploration Ilja Van Damme, Ruth McManus, and Michiel Dehaene 2. The Uncool Hunt: Searching for the Creative Suburb David Gilbert Part II: The Suburban Home as Locus of Creativity 3. “Pictures, Plants, and Ornaments”: Jane Ellen Panton and Creative Practice in the British Victorian Suburbs Sarah Bilston 4. Battlegrounds of Taste and Distinction: Art and Antique Collectors in the Suburban Hinterland of Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Belgium Ulrike Müller and Ilja Van Damme 5. The Art of Living in the Australian Suburb: Creative and Cultural Production at Home in Suburban Melbourne, 1910s–1960s Susan Reidy 6. Ideal Homes and Haunted Houses: Twenty-First-Century Irish Suburban Art and Writing Simon Workman Part III: The Suburban Creative Milieu 7. Halfway between Nature and Culture: Uccle Centre d’Art, a Colony of Artists in Brussels’s Suburbs in the Interwar Period Tatiana Debroux 8. Exploring Creativity in Dublin’s Suburbs, 1900–2000: Insider, Outsider, Bourgeois, or Bohemian? Ruth McManus 9. Recreating Locality: Community and Identity in Budapest Suburbs, 1995–2020 János B. Kocsis 10. Creativity in Contemporary Housing Estate Neighbourhoods: The Case of Kontula, Helsinki Johanna Lilius 11. The Fung Bros Rep the Ethnoburb Margaret Crawford 12. Grounding Suburban LGBTQ+ Vernacular Creativities in the Toronto City-Region Alison L. Bain Part IV: Creating Suburbia 13. From Artistry to Agency? Transactional Architecture for the Creative Fashioning of the Antwerp Suburbs in the Early Twentieth Century Tom Broes and Michiel Dehaene 14. Creating Suburbs in North America: A Mutual Blind Spot Richard Harris

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Book SynopsisDrawing from a cross-national perspective and a range of comparative vantage points, Poverty and Austerity amid Prosperity provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of poverty.Table of ContentsPreface 1.Poverty Matters: Introduction 2. Understanding Poverty: Conceptualizing, Defining, and Measuring Poverty 3. Poverty in Three Anglo Nations: The Dimensions, Character, and Impact of Poverty 4. Poverty and the Welfare State: Comparative Contrasts 5. Individual-Centred Explanations for Poverty: Biogenetic and Behavioural Accounts 6. Society-Centred Explanations for Poverty: Systemic and Socio-Political Accounts 7. What Can Be Done? References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Many Rooms of this House is a story about the rise and decline of religion in Toronto over the past 160 years.Trade Review‘Historians and social scientists interested in the evolution of Canadian society, cities, urban geography, religious diversity, and multiculturalism will gain much from reading this important, well-written, and meticulously researched book.’ -- David Seljack * Canadian Historical Review vol 99:01:2018 *Table of ContentsTables List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: Consolidating Protestantism Chapter 2: An Era of Exuberance, 1880-1920 Chapter 3: Fulsome Fellowship, 1880-1920 Chapter 4: Ecclesiastical Musical Chairs, 1920-1960 Chapter 5: The Empire of Full-Orbed Christianity, 1920-1960 Chapter 6: To Every Thing Turn! Turn! Turn! There is a Season, 1960-2000 Chapter 7: Fellowship in the Time of the Shopping Centre Conclusion: Ex Uno Plures? Appendix: West End Places of Worship 1840-2000 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is on the middle class—defined as those with a house, a car, and an education—and their consumption, aspirations, and hopes for their families. It takes as its starting point "what is working in Angola?" rather than "what is going wrong?" and makes a deliberate, political choice to give attention to beauty and happiness in everyday life in a country that has had an unusually troubled history.Each chapter focuses on one of the five senses, with the introduction and conclusion provoking reflection on proprioception (or kinesthesia) and curiosity. Various media are employed—poetry, recipes, photos, comics, and other textual experiments—to engage readers and their senses. Written for a broad audience, this text is an excellent addition to the study of Africa, the lusophone world, international development, sensory ethnography, and ethnographic Trade Review"[I]t is refreshing to get insight into actors, stories, and institutions generally ignored by most scholars, who are more interested in the state, politics, corruption, and exclusion than in seeking out new narratives and framings of Angola. The result is an absorbing account of everyday life as [Auerbach] investigates how people prosper and find meaning under difficult conditions." -- Claudia Gastrow, University of Johannesburg * H-Luso-Africa *Table of ContentsList of Images Acknowledgments Interview Report Preface Proprioception Introduction: Where Petrol Is Cheaper than Water: Life in Capitalismo selvagem The Back Story Representing “Africa”? On Making Sense in the Writing What the Book Is Actually About How the Research Was Done How to Read This Book Core Concepts Interlude: A Brief History of Angola Illustrated by Elinor Driver Smell 1. The Smell of Success: Perfume, Beauty, Sweat, Oil Read with Your Nose Conditioning the Air: Space and Control Class, Perfume, Dream: Aspiration and Authenticity Interlude: Recording Fieldwork Notes Objects Structured Observations of Space Touch 2. Touch and the Tactile: The Textures of Scouting in Capitalismo selvagem Seeing through the Skin Making the Mafia Stitching Pano Pants Catching Slipping Children Lighting the Fire as Service Building the New Man Choosing Appropriate T-Shirts Practicing Peace Interlude: Poems 1 Fatherhood Radio Building Seven Women Buying Cloth Fátima’s Mother, on Christmas Day 2013 The Cuban Help The Driver Taste 3. Changing Tastes: Palates and the Possible Recipes The Man Who Made Cake, Dona Maria, and the Sushi Chef Oral Histories: The Stories of Two Lives Interlude: Photo Essay 1: The Flavors of Peace Interlude: Photo Essay 2: Choices and Consumption Sound 4. Music, Fofoca, and the News: Sound, Space, and Orientation Sound Readings: Spectrographs, Annotation, Language Cold War Echoes: Higher Education, Ideology, and Contested Duties Interlude: Poems 2 Estrelinha (Little Star) Birds on Campus João, Collapsing Dona Maria Serving Soup Dona Inês Two Photographers Cinema Church Yoga Teacher Interlude: Photo Essay 3: Childhoods Interlude: Photo Essay 4: Leisure Sight 5. National Rebranding The Selfie and the Other National Rebranding: Guarantee Your Children a Better Past Biopolitical Screens: Frames of Vision Laughing on the Internet Insta Lies or Insta Truths? Fieldwork Ethics: Seven Afterimages Interlude: Photo Essay 5: Art Interlude: Photo Essay 6: Architecture Curiosity Conclusion: Attending the Beautiful in the Light of What We Know Capitalismo selvagem in Uncertain Times The Government Has Gone on Holiday, but Maybe João Lourenço Will Bring It Back Practicing Peace ... Again Notes Indicative Bibliography References Index

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