by Molly Vollman Makris and Mary Gatta
Rutgers University Press, 2021
Cloth: 978-1-9788-1362-5 | Paper: 978-1-9788-1361-8 | eISBN: 978-1-9788-1365-6
Library of Congress Classification HT177.A76M35 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.760974946

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Makris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park is reverberating a century later. This book tells an important and nuanced tale of gentrification using an intersectional lens to examine the history of race relations, the too often overlooked history of the postindustrial city, the role of the LGBTQ population, barriers to employment and access to amenities, and the role of developers as the city rapidly changes. Makris and Gatta draw on in-depth interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, as well as data analysis to tell the reader a story of life on the West Side of Asbury Park as the East Side prospers and to point to a potential path forward.