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Brown-Saracino, J. "Social preservationists and the quest for authentic
community." City & Community 3.2 (01 June 2004): 135. Urban Studies Abstracts.
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Brown-Saracino, professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, writes about the distinction between gentrification and "social preservation." She claims that social preservation is a process by which educated, white Americans attempt to stop any disruption of the lives of "old-timers" in ethnic neighborhoods. While this sounds antithetical to gentrification, often social preservationists and gentrifiers are one and the same. There is a prominent difference though, and it lies in intention; for various reasons, preservationists attempt to preserve "the wilderness," while gentrifiers attempt to tame it. This
community." City & Community 3.2 (01 June 2004): 135. Urban Studies Abstracts.
EBSCO.
Brown-Saracino, professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, writes about the distinction between gentrification and "social preservation." She claims that social preservation is a process by which educated, white Americans attempt to stop any disruption of the lives of "old-timers" in ethnic neighborhoods. While this sounds antithetical to gentrification, often social preservationists and gentrifiers are one and the same. There is a prominent difference though, and it lies in intention; for various reasons, preservationists attempt to preserve "the wilderness," while gentrifiers attempt to tame it. This