
Good Neighbors
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This subtle study of a storied urban neighborhood reveals the way that upper-middle-class newcomers have positioned themselves as champions of diversity, and how their mobilization around this key concept has reordered class divisions rather than abolished them.
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- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: A Journey into the Liberal Upper Middle Class
- The discovery of the South End
- Proximity to and distance from the research subjects
- Chapter 2: The Birth of a Local Elite in a Working-Class Neighborhood
- The triumph of resident participation .
- . for which residents?
- A neighborhood elite
- Chapter 3: Philanthropic Adventurers
- Private property and social conscience
- Love and control of diversity
- Chapter 4: Creating Historical Heritage
- Connoisseurs, conservatives
- Brick and wrought iron
- Cultural distinction versus public housing
- An historic neighborhood or an artistic one?
- Chapter 5: Conquering the Nooks and Crannies
- Controlling and marking space
- Social diversity, animal diversity
- Conclusion: The Making of the Liberal Upper Middle Class
- A mobilized class
- Index
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