Gentrification is now firmly established as a major phenomenon of Western cities and is
established in both academic and popular discourse. It was first identified and labeled by …

One by one, many of the working-class quarters of London have been invaded by the middle
classes—upper and lower. Shabby, modest mews and cottages—two rooms up and two …

This paper reviews the debates over the explanation of gentrification and argues that
gentrification is best explained as the social and spatial manifestation of the transition from …

In 1951, Ruth Glass took up a post as Director of Social Research at University College
London. Her sustained intellectual and critical engagement with the postwar upheavals that …

Over the past three decades, economic and social change in Canadian inner cities has
been increasingly linked to the fortunes of what the'advanced tertiary'sector (sometimes …

In this article, a new approach is outlined to the gentrification of London which argues that it
is a diverse phenomenon. This reflects not merely contested explanations for gentrification …

The essence of gentrification is hidden from view. One can walk through Adams-Morgan in
Washington, DC, or Queen Village in Philadelphia, through Islington in London, or the …

This essay argues that Tom Slater's article makes several important points regarding what
he rightly suggests is the disappearance of a critical edge from much of the recent …

Focusing on the working-class experience of gentrification, this book re-examines the
enduring relationship between class and the urban. Class is so clearly articulated in the …

The driving-force behind the identification and analysis of many urban problems can be
linked to what C. Wright Mills termed 'public issues'(1959). When Ruth Glass first observed …