The origins of gentrification date back to World War I--only it was sometimes known as remodeling then.
Dennis Gale's insightful book, The Misunderstood History of Gentrification, provides a recontextualization of American gentrification, planning, and policymaking.
He argues that gentrification must be understood as an urban phenomenon with historical roots in the very early twentieth century.
Gale uses solid empirical evidence to trace the embryonic revitalization of.