{"product_id":"city-of-segregation-lbe-isbn-9781786634993","title":"City of Segregation (LBE)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA majestic one-hundred-year study of segregation in Los Angeles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of Segregation\u003c\/i\u003e documents one hundred years of struggle against the enforced separation of racial groups through property markets, constructions of community, and the growth of neoliberalism. This movement history covers the decades of work to end legal support for segregation in 1948; the 1960s Civil Rights movement and CORE’s efforts to integrate LA’s white suburbs; and the 2006 victory preserving 10,000 downtown residential hotel units from gentrification enfolded within ongoing resistance to the criminalization and displacement of the homeless. Andrea Gibbons reveals the shape and nature of the racist ideology that must be fought, in Los Angeles and across the United States, if we hope to found just cities.\u003c\/p\u003e“In the nation’s capital of  homelessness, housing has always been at the center of the fight for  social justice. In this landmark study, Gibbons arms today’s activists  with a rich understanding of past movements for fair and affordable  housing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mike Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A much-needed corrective to dominant narratives of segregation and an alternative geography of Los Angeles racism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Laura Pulido, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBlack, Brown, Yellow, and Left\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A  profoundly important account of the battle for equal housing in LA.  Gibbons not only tracks the courageous grassroots struggles that helped  topple LA’s ‘hate walls,’ she also captures the changing dynamic of  racial segregation—where once people of color fought to enter segregated  neighborhoods they must now fight against the neoliberal forces of  gentrification to remain. Astute, passionate, radical, and utterly  invaluable.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Junot Díaz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A  remarkable study of a century of separations and struggles against them  in one of the most important US cites. Richly documented and filled  with memorable characters, \u003ci\u003eCity of Segregation\u003c\/i\u003e shows how patterns  of division are made from above and below and how the production of  racialized spaces entangles with a variety of other urban miseries.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—David Roediger, author of \u003ci\u003eClass, Race, and Marxism \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eCity of Segregation\u003c\/i\u003e Andrea Gibbons illustrates how powerful real estate and business  interests in Los Angeles have long promoted racial segregation. With a  fresh historical-geographical analysis, Gibbons describes campaigns  waged by the Black freedom struggle to resist these efforts. This is a  commendable study about racism, housing, and social power with strategic  insights for social movements.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jordan T. Camp, author of \u003ci\u003eIncarcerating the Crisis: Freedom Struggles and the Rise of the Neoliberal State \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Location is everything, as any LA realtor will tell you. Real estate, however, is no neutral entity. In \u003ci\u003eCity of Segregation\u003c\/i\u003e,  Andrea Gibbons traces the violent relations that produce property  values. By linking racism and real estate, Gibbons gives readers a new  way to understand the production of space in Los Angeles and a new  appreciation for ongoing housing struggles in the city.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Christina Heatherton, co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePolicing the Planet \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e, a former tenant organizer in LA, is a researcher for the Sustainable Housing and Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford, Manchester. She is a writer, editor, and educator and serves on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eCity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301482418405,"sku":"NP9781786634993","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781786634993.jpg?v=1767723775","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/city-of-segregation-lbe-isbn-9781786634993","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}