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Pushed Out Contested Development and Rural

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      Book details

      Publisher University of Washington Press
      Published 11 May 2021
      ISBN-13 9780295748696
      978-0295748696
      ISBN-10 0295748699
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Human geography History History of the Americas Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "The book...combines narrative storytelling, historical research and sociological theory to paint a complete and compelling picture."

      * Sandpoint Reader *

      "In clean and engaging prose, Pilgeram describes the heartache of a disenfranchised population, while also delivering a tough scholarly analysis."

      * Bookmonger *

      "Through extensive interviews and archival work, this sociological study draws on the descriptive power of ethnographic writing to trace the path of rural development in an engaging and accessible book."

      * Choice *

      "[I]t speaks to urgent changes in the contemporary West...the book's closing reminder that we can imagine, and enact, different futures is a hopeful and necessary one."

      * Western American Literature *

      "Pilgeram’s work constitutes an excellent intervention into the problems associated with rural gentrification."

      * Contemporary Sociology *

      "Pilgeram's book is a thoroughly engaging, well researched, and important exploration of a type of gentrification often ignored and misunderstood in the broader social discussion of displacement."

      * Growth and Change *

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