{"product_id":"capital-city-gentrification-and-the-real-estate-state-paperback","title":"Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This superbly succinct and incisive book\" on urban planning and real estate argues gentrification isn't driven by latte-sipping hipsters--but is engineered by the capitalist state (Michael Sorkin, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll Over the Map\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Our cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value of all the gold ever mined. It forms sixty percent of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world--the former president of the United States--made his name as a landlord and developer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Samuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a unique window into the ways the state uses and is used by capital, and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising real estate values and rising rents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eCapital City \u003c\/i\u003eexplains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Stein\u003c\/b\u003e is a geographer, urban planner and housing policy analyst living and working in New York City. His writing on planning politics has been published by \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Urban Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other magazines, newspapers and journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770119029024,"sku":"9781786636393","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e885d13d899ee33d08351e0332e3cea8.webp?v=1780364884","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/capital-city-gentrification-and-the-real-estate-state-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}