Osman, Suleiman.

The invention of brownstone Brooklyn gentrification and the search for authenticity in postwar New York / [electronic resource] : Suleiman Osman. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - x, 348 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban wilderness -- Concord village -- The middle cityscape -- The two machines in the garden -- The highway in the garden -- Inventing brownstone Brooklyn -- The neighborhood movement.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780199830770 (electronic bk.)




Gentrification--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
City planning--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Community development--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.


Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)


Electronic books.

F129.B7 / O79 2011

307.3/4160974723